Gotta Love Chores!

Well, I love delegating them.

Does that count?! LOL

I decided that it is time to get everyone

on track with chores, and hold them

accountable! They need to earn all

the extras they get!

So there are certain things expected

of each of them every day.

Then there are chores that they

will rotate through.

Since I have yet to replace my

printer ink for the computers, I

decided to get creative.

I checked out some stuff on

pinterest, then did my own thing.

Our new "Chore Central" lol

These are the rotating chores

These are their individual

every day chores

And for the record, the individual

every day chores aren't as

vast as they appear here.

For each child, the bottom section

only has 1 thing listed as needed,

and 2 things 1 day a week. LOL

The "kicker" is that this mean mommy

is now going to enforce the concept of

"Nothing works unless you do"

translation: if you can't do your

chores, you don't get

priviliges and activities,

including video games, friend

activities, and sports.

Let's see how this goes.

So far, Mommy isn't so popular

with the teenager, but the 11 year old

isn't too unhappy anymore and

the 8 year old is pretty

indifferent with it all. He was 1st done.

May Challenge

I rejoined our monthly challenge group

on SCS. May was the first month

for this round.

Here are the goodies that I received to work with.

And here are the goodies I made using it up.



The challenge included 3 specific challenges.

1.  use a sketch found in the SCS sketch challenge.

I chose sketch 269

I used an image that I colored, hardware,

ribbon, and butterfly embosslits

from our challenge kit for this, along

with my own DP.

2.  make a 3x3 card to use for a gift

I used an image that I colored in, ribbon,

DP, and another butterfly embosslit

from our challenge kit on this one.

Then I still had goodies left to play with!! :)

I used two die cut strips, DP,

and an image from our challenge

kit on this.

I used an image that I colored in,

DP, twisted cord, ribbon, and

hardware from our challenge kit.





I used an image that I colored in,

and ribbon from our challenge kit

for this.

I used an image and musical

DP from our challenge kit on this.

The striped DP on this is from

our challenge kit.

The tag itself, and the butterfly

embosslits are from our challenge kit.

I love the monthly challenge.

It's always fun to work the stuff

someone else picks out, and the

challenges they come up with.  :)









A bit of a hiatis

I know I haven't added anything new lately.

It probably has something to do with

the last few weeks of school, and

all the awards nights, banquets, and

field trips being crammed in, not to mention

having one kiddo graduating 8th

grade, and all of the work for that.

Or maybe the start of our crazy

summer ball schedule.  LOL

But I did get a small amouth of

creating done over the last month or so.

So for now, I'll share that with you.

This is the inviation I made

for the celebration at home after

the graduation ceremony.

I also did thank you notes for

her to send out.

The parents of the 8th grade class

worked together to throw

the kids a community party

that even included a dance for them.

We set up tables and each student

had a display area and a gift

bag that people could place cards

in. I made one of these with

each student's name to hang on the

front of their gift bag.

This was Ali's finished display

I did the cakes for their

community graduation party.

This was Ali's cake for her celebration at

home following the ceremony.

She told me she wanted her cake to be

"Her" rather than school colors.

So this is the "her" that I came up with.



 Mother's Day was also in there.

This is the card I made for Mom.

This is the card Mom made for me.

Isn't it just adorable?! :)

My Little Lego Man's 8th Birthday

My youngest turned 8 yesterday.

His favorite thing in the entire world

right now is Legos. And they are

wonderful for him!

He was super excited when

we found Lego Star Wars party

decor.

I had to do the sticker thing for his

card since my stamp sets don't exactly

include legos or star wars. LOL

But he really loved it.

He was still looking it over about 5

minutes later, and looked over at

me and said "That is really cool!"

The blue layer is only attached

to the left side of the gate

fold card.

When you lift the blue layer,

the yellow layer is attached to the

right side of the gate fold.

 This is all the way open.

And of course, I have to share

his cake! :)

PSC Monochromatic Thoughts of You

This week's challenge for

the Perfect Sentiments Challenge

is a monochromatic thoughts of you.

I really like working with

a monochromatic layout.

Here is my creation.

Bermuda Rose

My card base is bermuda rose.

I used a portion of a previously made

card front done in the shaving cream

technique using soft sky, bermuda bay,

and taken with teal for a background

layer. I stamped my 2-step image

from SU's A Rose Is A Rose stamp

set in bermuda bay.  I stamped off

first for the lighter layer.

I sponged the edges of the

image layer with bermuda bay

ink. I stamped the sentiment from

SU's Curvy Verses stamp set

in bermuda bay ink. I used

bermuda bay dotted ribbon in

a wavy effect across the middle,

and added a bow at the end.

I used pearls to finish it off.

PSC27 Wonderful Mother

This week's Perfect Sentiments

Challenge is a Mother's Day Color Story.

You can see the challenge here.

I used all 5 colors in the color story.

My versions of the colors were kiwi kiss,

cherry cobbler, dusty durango, barely

banana, and whisper white.

My card base is whisper white,

with a kiwi kiss DP, cherry

cobbler, and another DP

forming my card front.

I stamped the image from SU's

A Kind Word stamp set in

memento tuxedo black ink,

and used markers and blender

pens with ink to color it in.

I used a variety of coordinating

DPs for my layers.

I stamped the sentiment from

SU's Well Scripted stamp set

in memento tuxedo black ink.

I added some hodgepodge

hardware with kiwi kiss ribbon

and some pearls for some

embellishing.

Ironically, this challenge was posted

on April 11, the one year

anniversary of my Daddy

leaving us to start his Heavenly

journey.  This last year would not

have been survivable if it wasn't

for my awesome mom! She is truly

amazing! So it was perfect timing

to celebrate my wonderful mother

and all she does for her daughters and

grandchildren! We love you Mom!

Perfect 3

How exciting!!!!!!!

I found out today that one of my

Perfect Sentiments Challenge

entries was chosen as one of the

Perfect 3! :~)

You can find it here .

My Easter card for my niece Brooke

 is the card that was chosen.

Thank you for letting me play along

Perfect Sentiments!

I love your challenges!



Punchy the Bunny with Bling

Well, I just couldn't resist doing

another card for this week's

Perfect Sentiment's challenge.

You can see it here on the

Perfect Sentiments Challenge blog.

My first creation gave me my second
Easter card that was glittery and blingy.

But I have 3 very special girls in

my world that deserve some

sparkly Easter wishes.

So here is my second card

that I am entering into the Perfect

Sentiments Challenge for this week.

Punchy the Bunny with Bling

My card base is barely banana, with

a diamond patterned DP layer.

I cut a strip of certainly celery with

my Creative Memories wavy

blade cutter, then covered it in

versamark, heat and stick powder,

then a green SU glitter.

Punchy the Bunny got his name

since he was created using punches.

He consists of a variety of oval, circle,

and heart punches.

The white ovals were covered

with versamark, heat and stick powder,

and iridescent ice embossing powder.

The "cheek" circles were sponged

with pink pirouette ink around

the edges first.

The pink punch-outs are done

with shimmery pink paper.

And the googlie eyes finished

Punchy off.

The basket was made using the

round label punch and oval punches.

It is certainly celery, stamped

with the linen BG stamp with certainly

celery ink.

The eggs are a variety of

pearls, formed in a dimensional

look. A daffodil delight bow on the

front finished the basket.

The sentiment is from the

SU A Good Egg stamp set.

It is stamped in memento tuxedo

black ink onto vellum cardstock,

then layered over lavender lace,

both punched with the 5 petal punch.

I used the flower trio punch

on barely banana cardstock, then

used more pearls in the centers

to embellish my sentiment flower.

I hope my oldest niece enjoys it.

PSC26: Easter Bling

This week's challenge at the Perfect Sentiments

is an Easter card with some bling.

You can find it here on the

Perfect Sentiment blog

So here is my Easter Bling

The card base is melon mambo,

with the edges versamarked and

embossed with iridescent ice powder.

I used the Top Note Sizzix die on

lavender lace for an extra layer.

I stamped this unknown image in

memento tuxedo black ink onto

whisper white, used a partial

layer of barely banana,

using the distressing tool on both.

Hodgepodge hardware is

used to accent.

I colored my image with markers.

I used the versamarker over

the tulips, and embossed

them with iridescent ice powder.

I stamped the Easter sentiment from

Su's Well Scripted stamp set

in melon mambo ink onto

whisper white, cut it out, then

applied versamark directly to its

entirety, then embossed it with

iridescent ice powder.

I finished my card off with multiple

pieces of bling.

I'm thinking my sweet little

niece is getting this one for her

first Easter. :)



Teapot Tuesday Think Pink

This week's Teapot Challenge is a card

using black, silver, & pink

for Alix. You can read the story

here.

Here is my creation.

I used basic black for my card base,

stamping the Crosshatch BG in silver

encore ink. I used the Top Note

Sizzix die on brushed silver,

and used half of it for a layer.

The pink strip is a shimmery pink

paper that I fell in love with.

This strip has black grosgain

ribbon and silver cord tied around

it in a knot.

The dog image is from SU's Canine

Capers stamp set, and is actually

1 of numerous dogs on the image.

I inked it with a basic black

marker to be able to just get the

one dog, onto shimmer white

cardstock.

The edges are sponged with

pink pirouette ink, then layered on

brushed silver and basic black.

The sentiment is from SU's Just So

Sayings stamp set, and is stamped in

Memento tuxedo black ink.

I finished it off with some black bling.



PSC25 Uplifting Sketch

Last week's Perfect Sentiments challenge

was a sketch with an uplifting sentiment.

You can see it at The Perfect Sentiment 's blog .

Here is my creation with this sketch.

I used a pastel glimmery pink paper for my

card base, a layer of textured/glimmered

darker rose for a background strip, as well

as a sparkly DP for a vertical strip.

Very vanilla cardstock was used for

the top rectangle layer,

as well as the wide oval punch-out

for the sentiment..

I used the Creative Memories paisly

punch for the trio of accents in the same

pink and darker rose papers, with

SU's satin white ribbon for a bow.

I also used my heat gun on my ribbon

tales to create a soft, wavy look.

I used an SU punch on the pink paper

to use behind my sentiment oval.

The sentiment is a Studio G clear

stamp, inked with rose romance ink.

I sponged a lot of edges with the rose

romance ink as well.
I also used the rose romance
marker to mimmick the border
design from the paisly punch
to outline the sentiment oval.

Pre-Made Baby Girl Scrapbook

I decided to make this to try to sell at my daughter's

traveling softball fundraiser.

Pre-Made Baby Girl 6x6 Scrapbook

label

pg. 1

pgs. 2-3

pgs. 4-5

pgs. 6-7

pgs. 8-9

pgs. 10-11

pgs. 12-13

pgs. 14-15

pgs. 16-17

pgs. 18-19

pgs. 20

More Challenges

I've been playing again. :)

I decided since I did last week's Perfect

Sentiments challenge on the last day,

that I would do this week's challenge

on the first day.

This week's Perfect Sentiments challenge

is distressed thank yous.

Distressed is not in my comfort

zone.  But I dug in.

This is my card I am submitting

for the challenge.

The card base is crumb cake.

I used 2 DP patterns to form

a card front. The one on the left

had the distressing tool taken to its

edges. I used the early espresso

ink pad to add some color

to the distressed edges (with a sponge)

as well as the design area.

I added early espresso ink to flowers from

Accents & Elements, and added them

to the DP on the right,

with a pearl in the center of each.

The sentiment is from SU's Because I

Care stamp set, and is stamped in

early espresso ink onto very vanilla

cardstock. I applied early espresso

ink to it with a sponge, and used

the distressing tool on the edges, and

mounted it onto early espresso cardstock.

I used linen thread in a button from

Button Bouquet to add to the

sentiment. Linen thread also

runs across the left section of DP.

This was actually my 2nd attempt

at this challenge. Like I said, the distressed

look isn't in my comfort zone. So I eased

into it. LOL

Here was my first card.

As you can see, I stuck with the basic

idea that I came up with.

The recipe for this card was basically

the same as the final creation,

minus the early espresso ink added directly

to the DP and the flowers, and also

the extra linen thread across the DP.

This is really my normal limit to "distressing."

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CC367

This week's color challenge is chocolate

chip, baja breeze, and river rock.

Here is my creation.

The card base is chocolate chip.

I used SU's Crosshatch BG stamp

in chocolate chip ink onto

river rock textured cardstock.

The main image is from SU's

Friendship Blooms stamp set and is

in chocolate chip ink on river rock

cardstock. I used a designer

brad in the center of the flower, and

mounted the top layer onto

baja breeze. The accent flower is

also out of baja breeze. All the

faux stitching is done with the chocolate

chip marker.

Baja breeze wide stitched ribbon

finished off my creation.