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**Sorry, I thought I set this to post on Friday but it appears I didn't hit the 'publish' button :-(**

I have managed to get *some* scrappin' done in the past 6 months. I'm still working on finishing RJ's baby album and I've been scrappin' a lot of 6x6, 8x8 and mini albums. Here are a couple of pages that I completed a while back, but hadn't shared here.



RJ and one of the little girls that he used to go to daycare with. She's such a lil cutie pie and she had the cutest lil crush on RJ! BTW- I love my lil handmade flower! I used this Hero Arts stamp and some punches to make it!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Bazzill
Patterned Paper: Basic Grey (Green at Heart)
Embellishments: stash- button
Tools: Cricut Expression (Lyrical Letters & New Arrival); EK Success- circle scallop punches; Stickles; Hero Arts- flourish background cling stamp


You may remember these pictures from our trip to Orlando for the Cavs v/s Magic game. I still get a kick out of RJ's pics.

Supplies:
Cardstock: Bazzill
Patterned Paper: Basic Grey (Marrakech)
Embellishments: Bazzill- Just the edge (stars); Basic Grey- journaling spot
Tools: Cricut Expression (Sports Mania & Plantin Schoolbook); EK Success- corner rounder

I want to try more techniques & use more of my supplies on my pages. I used my Cricut Expression and some Basic Grey paper that I've been hoarding on both of these layouts. I don't use my Expression as much as I'd like to, but I'm trying to pull it out more often. I've done pretty good about limiting my scrappin' purchases to the necessities. Now to completely contradict myself, I've joined 2 kit clubs recently...... Studio Calico and Scarlet Lime. I've always wanted to try a monthly kit and these 2 companies seemed to offer the best value and variety. I just received my 2nd kit from both companies and I am VERY happy thus far. They give you enough product to create several 12x12 pages, some cards and maybe even a mini album. My hope is to be able to share what I create with each month's kit on this blog. I won't promise that is how it'll go. We'll just play it by ear ;-)

That's all I have for today. I hope you all had a great weekend and are enjoying a wonderful Sunday!

KeeKee

Where have I been and what have I been up to?

That's a good question, but a better one might be "What HAVEN'T I been up to?" Let's see.....work has been C.A.R.A.Z.E.E!!! That is putting it mildly. We've traveled some (not as much as we hoped), attended and hosted lots of parties, been audited 3 times for our small business (they are SERIOUS about fraud), RJ has joined a t-ball team and he's started pre-school! I cried more on his first day of school than I have in the 4 years he's been on this Earth! See, look at how cute my little man was on his first day:

I made sure not to cry in front of him, but once I walked out of that classroom IT.WAS.OVA :-( We couldn't find a pillowcase small enough for his nap pillow so I had to break out the sewing machine and make one. Here's the finished product:




I know it's not a garment of clothing, but it's something! As if starting "big kids school" wasn't enough growing up for me, we signed him up for t-ball. He loves it! The kids are all older and bigger than he is, but he doesn't let that bother him! Here he is at the first practice *my kid is the little one on the left* :

Here he is before and during his first game:

His team is 2-2 and he's learning a lot and playing great! Which reminds me......I don't know why a super smart board member (insert sarcastic smiley) scheduled an AWAY t-ball game on a Tuesday night at 7:00 in a location that is 30 miles away from our home field! We're just getting home and he has yet to get his bath. This has been a L-O-N-G night :-(

I have a few pages to share with you on Friday so until then......Have a great 'hump' day :-)

KeeKee

Mic check.......Is this thing on?

Whew! There are some MAJOR cobwebs growing around here! How you been, how ya momma been? Sorry, you'll have to excuse my silliness. It's 2:30 in the morning as I type this and I'm a little delirious!

I've been super busy for the past few months (more on that later) with family, work and just being me . I wanted to drop-in to let you all know that I am still here and while I haven't posted any much in the last few months I am still getting my craft on ;-) I've scheduled a few posts for the next couple of weeks to catch you up on what's been going on with me.

Here's a pic of one of the projects that I'll be sharing with you in the coming weeks, enjoy!

*All About Me Mini Album*

KeeKee

TGF Battle of the Design Teams, Week 2

I'm back again to post my card for this week's TGF Battle of the Design Teams. This week we were challenged to create an 'easel' card. I have NEVER made one of these before, but I found a tutorial on Splitcoast Stampers and it was pretty easy to follow. I used Kazan's sketch 49 at 2 Sketches 4 You to create my card. Here it is:







Supplies:
Cardstock: Bazzill
Patterned Paper: K&Co (Wild Raspberry)
Embellishments: Stickles; stash- ribbon
Tools: Martha Stewart- Doily Lace edge punch; The Greeting Farm- stamp (Lolli Anya); Papertrey Ink- stamp (Signature Greetings); Spellbinders Labels 3; Sizzix Big Kick; Copic Markers

Our team voted my card to be the 'official' entry for us this week. In order for us to move forward in the challenge we have to be in the top-half of votes received. So we need your votes to continue! Please visit The Greeting Farm's gallery and vote for the 'Team Moxie' entry. You will need to register, but it only takes a couple minutes. We'd really appreciate your help to get us thru to next week! Once you've registered, you can vote by leaving a comment on the 3 cards you like most. Our entry will be filed under 'Team Moxie' here: TGF Royal Battle Week 2

Thanks for stopping by :-)

TGF Battle of the Design Teams, Week 1

Hello again! It's been over a week since I last posted so I thought I share some of what I've been working on. I'm currently participating in The Greeting Farm's challenge for their blog readers and fans. We were all put into teams and each week we are presented with a different challenge. The challenge for the first week was to create a 'retro' themed card using the colors in this image:



Here's what I came up with:



Supplies:
Cardstock: Paper Studio
Patterned Paper: Bo Bunny (Kitchen Spice)
Embellishments: Basic Grey- stickers; Martha Stewart- glitter; The Greeting Farm- stamp (80's Anya)
Tools: Spellbinders Labels 8; Sizzix Big Kick; Copic Markers

I just have no idea how to even begin creating something with a 'retro' theme, but hey I gave it a shot!

Thanks for stopping by :-)

On the go!

Hello again! So I didn't get around to posting my layout for the scrap-a-long yesterday...my bad. I finally finished my taxes and was just too exhausted to put together a post :-( My plan last week was to use 2 sketches...yeah, that didn't happen! I used a PageMaps sketch for the layout and used up more of the Basic Grey paper that I had been hoarding. Here's the sketch:



Here's my layout:



Supplies:
Cardstock: Bazzill
Patterned Paper: Basic Grey (Lime Rickey)
Embellishments: Basic Grey- stickers (letter, border, chipboard arrow & bird); American Crafts- Thickers; Me & My Big Ideas- journaling spot
Tools: Fiskars- white gel pen

I wasn't completely happy with the layout at first. It felt like something was missing so I added the faux stitching. As for this week's sketch(es) for the scrap-a-long, I'm participating in the 'Battle of the Design Teams' challenge on The Greeting Farm blog so I'll be creating cards and maybe an altered project.

Thanks for stopping by :-)

How Delightful!

Popping in again to post a quick card using some stamps I just order from a new company, Lawn Fawn. Since I needed to make something quick, I decided to use the current card sketch challenge on the Bo Bunny blog. Here's the sketch:

Here's my card:




Supplies:
Cardstock: Bazzill & Recollections
Patterned Paper: Bo Bunny (Kitchen Spice)
Embellishments: Making Memories- buttons; American Crafts- embossing powder; Lawn Fawn- stamps; Stash- twine
Tools: Spellbinders- Deckled Rectangle dies; Versamark

Thanks for stopping by :-)

Scrap-a-long Week 3

Hello again! I'm back with 2 more sketches (yep, I plan on doing 2 again!) for this week's scrap-a-long being hosted by Adrienne. I've decided to use single-page sketches from two different sites. The first is from a new blog that I found over the weekend, The Scrappiest Sketch blog. They have a TON of sketches to choose from. I've chosen sketch #55 for my 1st layout of the week:


The second sketch I plan to use is from Two Peas in a Bucket's weekly challenge:



I'm hoping to have the 1st sketch completed by Wednesday, but I *need* to get my taxes done this week. I've put them off long enough :-( My plan was to get them done on Saturday, but we took RJ to the UniverSoul Circus. After the circus, we made an impromptu visit to a local park where I spent almost 3 hours laughing at my husband's clumsiness. I think he fell AT LEAST 10 times while playing 'tag, your it' with the kids and our friends....FUN-TY! I snapped some pictures, but haven't downloaded them yet. I'll share those later.

I hope you're having a happy Monday. Thanks for stopping by :-)

Introducing...

I *finally* finished the 2-page layout for RJ's first year album! I'm happy with the results, but even more happy that I was able to get it done this week! I owe it all to my scrappin' buddies. Me and a few of my friends went to an LSS for a Friday night crop. $5 for a night of "no frills" cropping....can't beat it! I think I did more talking than scrapping, but socializing is half the fun at crops ;-) So here's the sketch that I used from PageMaps:



Here's my take on the sketch:




Supplies:
Cardstock: Paper Studio & DCWV
Patterned Paper: Imaginisce (Baby Powder Boy)
Embellishments: American Crafts- Thickers, embossing powder & rubons; Papertrey Ink- stamps; Recollections- rhinestone; Bazzill- ribbon
Tools: Martha Stewart- double scallop edge punch ; EK Success- scalloped scallop edge punch; Spellbinders- Labels One & Labels Eight dies; Fiskars- craft knife; Cricut Expression (New Arrival); Versamark; Zig- pen

I will have another post later today to show my sketch for this week's entry for the scrap-a-long.

Thanks for stopping by :-)

Favorite Chore

Hello again! I'm back with my second layout for Adrienne's Scrap-a-long! I decided to do a single page layout first. The double-page layout is giving me a few *fits*, but I'm hoping to have it done by the weekend. For this layout I used another sketch from the Got Sketch? blog and I incorporated a color challenge as well, colourQ challenge #23. Plus, I was able to use up some more paper that I've been hoarding! Here is the sketch I chose:




Here's the image from the color challenge:


Here's my layout:

Supplies:
Cardstock: Paper Studio
Patterned Paper: Basic Grey (Lime Rickey)
Embellishments: American Crafts Thickers & button; DMC- floss; Me & My Big Ideas- journaling spot

Tools: Martha Stewart- zigzag edge punch ; Bazzill- In Stitch'z templates

Thanks for stopping by :-)

We're having a baby boy!

NO, NOT NOW....LOL!! We had our baby boy three and a half years ago. I'm referring to the title of my Scrap-a-long layout :-) I *almost* forgot to post this. That would've been a bad way to start off this venture :-( Anyway, here is my 1st page for RJ's first year baby book:

Supplies:

Cardstock: Paper Studio

Patterned Paper: Imaginisce (Baby Powder Boy)

Embellishments: Martha Stewart- small rhinestones; Recollections- large rhinestones & small brown pearls; American Crafts- buttons (blue & brown); Making Memories- letter stickers, flowers & buttons; Prima- flowers; DMC- floss; stash- twine

Tools: EK Success- curved edge punch; Martha Stewart- large double butterfly punch & 3-in-1 butterfly punch; Bazzill- In Stitch'z & Jewel templates; Copic Marker- E39

I had a lot of fun working on this page and RJ even got in on the fun. I found him taking a peek at the sonograms. Then we had a 20 minute discussion about babies, mommies and how babies live in a mommy's stomach for 9 months. I think I confused him even more O_o

I have a two-page layout planned for this week and will be back later to post the sketch!

Thanks for stopping by :-)

Scrap-a-long

Hello again! I'm back for my 2nd post of the day....YEA ME! I wanted to share some information on a scrap-a-long that I'm participating in. I was invited by one of my favorite bloggers, Adrienne, to join in to get our mojo flowing. Since this is in line with one of my 2010 goals, I decided to join in :-)

Here's how it will work:

1. Each participant will post the sketch or sketches they plan to use each Monday on their blog.


2. Once your layout is finished, you will post it on your blog.


3. Adrienne will then link up each participant's layout to the master post for the week on her blog.

This is another way for me to be held accountable for sticking with my goals and to 'meet' new people. If you'd like to play along just leave a comment on Adrienne's post for this week. Make sure to include your blog address, if you have one.

I've also decided that I want to use this as a way to complete RJ's 1st year album (another one of my goals for 2010). I may not always complete a page for his book, but the majority of them will be for him. Here's the sketch I want to use for this week:

It's sketch 69 from Valerie Salmon's Got Sketch? blog. I love her sketches and this one is no exception. I hope you can join in on the scrap-a-long, I think it's going to be fun!

Thanks for stopping by :-)

Favorite Songs

Hello again! I'm back to share the 2nd set of pages I created for my 'Book of Me' swap on the Two Peas in a Bucket message board. This set is titled 'Favorite Songs' and I had the hardest time finalizing the design. I didn't want to go overboard with images of music, so I tried to keep it simple. Here are my pages:

Supplies:

Cardstock: Bazzill, Recollections & DCWV

Patterned Paper: My Minds Eye (Ooh La La)

Embellishments: American Crafts-buttons; Stampendous- music note stamp; DMC- floss; stash- ribbon

Tools: EK Success- binder edge punch; Spellbinders Labels Four; Cricut Expression (Opposites Attract); Paper Studio- scallop circle punch

I found a paper flower tutorial on Dawn McVey's blog and thought it would make a nice finishing touch to my pages. I'm happy with them and I hope the ladies in my swap will like them!

I'm off to work now, but I'll be back a little later to share some information on a scrap-a-long that I'm participating in!

Thanks for stopping by :-)

Catching up and a layout

Hello Again! I just realized that it's been a couple weeks since I've blogged, my bad :-)

Me and the family have been enjoying some sporting events as well. We attended Speedweeks in Daytona a couple of weeks ago and went to the Magic vs. Cavaliers game on Sunday. It was RJ's 1st live NBA game and he had a ball! We decided to go at the last minute and had to purchase tickets from a 3rd-party site (read: at 3 times the value), but it was worth it. Both of my guys decided to test their vertical jump limit at one of the vendors outside of the arena. I was shocked at the results! See for yourself:

*Mr. R has some hops! I didn't think he could still jump like did, LOL!*

* I was just happy that RJ decided to try it. Normally, he's really shy.*

He really wanted to see LeBron dunk, but that didn't happen....AT ALL :-( It was a good game and my team won, so that's all that counts :-)

I have been somewhat productive on the crafty-side of things. I've finished 4 layouts, completed Valentine's Day projects and I'm putting the last touches on my 'Favorite Songs' pages for my 'Book of Me' swap. I need to get those shipped by Thursday so I'm hoping to finish them up tonight. Here is a quick page that I completed:

I've really been trying to use up my stash and stop hoarding supplies that are "too pretty". I took some online stamping classes facilitated by Jennifer McGuire on the Two Peas in a Bucket website a while back. She introduced me to crackle paint and I went CA-RA-ZEE! I brought every color I could get my hands on, but have rarely used them. For this page, my goal was to use some crackle paint and Cosmo Cricket paper that I've been hoarding.

Supplies:
Cardstock: Bazzill & Paper Studio
Embellishments: American Crafts Thickers; Making Memories- journaling spot & chipboard; Ranger- distress ink & crackle paint; Colorbok metal studs
Tools: EK Success- curved edge punch

OK, off to work for me. I'll be back tomorrow to share another layout.

Thanks for stopping by :-)

Make a Wish - PTI Birthday Bash Card 4

Hello again! I know that I *said* the last card was my final one, but I had 30 minutes this morning, so I made another card for day 2 of the Papertrey Ink 3rd Anniversary Celebration. The PTI stamp designers each created an image and you must use the image to create a birthday card. For my *final* card I used the image created by Beth Silaika. Here is my card:





Supplies:
Cardstock: Bazzill, Paper Studio & Recollections
Embellishments: Beth Silaika (PTI)- sentiment; ribbon from stash
Tools: Spellbinders- Labels Four; Quickutz- large dots embossing folder; Copic markers

Thanks for stopping by :-)

Birthday Wishes #2- PTI Birthday Bash Card 3

Hello again! I'm back with my final card for day 2 of the Papertrey Ink 3rd Anniversary Celebration. The PTI stamp designers each created an image and you must use the image to create a birthday card. For my 3rd card I used the image created by Heather Nichols and Mojo 124 sketch. Here is my card:





Supplies:
Cardstock: Bazzill, Paper Studio & Recollections
Embellishments: Heather Nichols (PTI)- cupcake image; Papertrey Ink- sentiment (Giga Guidelines); Prima- Say it in Crystals jewel flourish; ribbon from stash
Tools: Spellbinders- Labels Nine; EK Success- Curved Edge punch; Quickutz- medium dots embossing folder

Thanks for stopping by :-)

Birthday Wishes- PTI Birthday Bash Card 2

I'm back again with another card for day 2 of the Papertrey Ink 3rd Anniversary Celebration. The PTI stamp designers each created an image and you must use the image to create a birthday card. For my second card I used the image created by Alli Miles and Kazan's Sketch 45 at 2 Sketches 4 You. Here is my card:


Supplies:
Cardstock: Bazzill, Paper Studio & Recollections
Patterned Paper: Cosmo Cricket- Earth Love
Embellishments: Alli Miles (PTI)- bear; Papertrey Ink- sentiment (Mega Mixed Greetings); Target- jewel; twine from stash
Tools: Spellbinders- Circle & Scallop Circle dies; Copic markers

Thanks for stopping by :-)

Happy Birthday 2 U!- PTI Birthday Bash Card 1

I'm playing along with day 2 of the Papertrey Ink 3rd Anniversary Celebration. The PTI stamp designers each created an image and you must use the image to create a birthday card. For my first card I used the image created by Niki Estes, prompts for the Embellish Ribbon Color Challenge and the Card Patterns sketch 49. Here is my card:



Supplies:
Cardstock: Bazzill & Recollections
Embellishments: Niki Estes (PTI)- sentiment; Hero Arts- stamp (Dots & Flowers); American Crafts Thickers; Darice- jewels; white embossing powder; ribbon from stash
Tools: Spellbinders- Labels Eight; EK Success- Circle & Scallop Circle punches

Thanks for stopping by :-)

3 TGF Cards

Hello again! I’m back today to post the 3 cards I completed last week for the CHA Relay contest at The Greeting Farm. The premise of the contest was to use a free digi stamp to create a project, submit that project by the deadline on the following day and receive the next image in the contest. In the end, you would receive 5 free digi stamps plus a bonus if you completed all of the challenges for the 5 days. It was a lot a fun trying to hurry to get the cards completed and uploaded on time. I even took some Copics and a few printed images to work with me two days last week to get the coloring done on my lunch break. I was sad to see the contest end, but happy that it got me out of my comfort zone and got my creativity flowing! Here are my cards:





Supplies (Happy Birthday):
Cardstock: American Crafts
Patterned Paper: Basic Grey Lime Rickey
Embellishments: Recollections- pearl; The Greeting Farm- stamp (Mer Ian); American Crafts- rubon sentiment
Tools: Spellbinders- Circle and Labels Two dies; Quickutz- large dots embossing folder; Copic markers

Supplies (*untitled*, but doesn't she just scream 'Hey Sugah!'):
Cardstock: DCWV & Recollections
Patterned Paper: Basic Grey Eva
Embellishments: Spellbinders- Labels Nine; Prima flowers & jewels; DMC floss; Stickles; button from stash; The Greeting Farm- stamp (Charlotte)
Tools: EK Success Curved Edge punch; Copic markers

Supplies (baby card):
Cardstock: Bazzill & Paper Studio
Patterned Paper- Cosmo Cricket
Embellishments: Spellbinders Circle & Scallop Circle dies; The Greeting Farm- stamp (Toby Cub); Tea Dye Distress Ink
Tools: Copic markers

I've really been trying to use my Copic markers more, but I think I'd better take a class from a certified instructor if I want to learn to use them properly. I'll look into that this week ;-) Anyhoo, that's all I've got for today. I'm still working on the layout for my 'Favorite Song' page in the 'Book of Me' swap that I joined. Hopefully, I'll have progress to report on that front later this week!

Thanks for stopping by :-)