Roads

Hello! How was your Easter weekend? We had a lovely one. I baked some oatmeal cookies for the boys and I attempted to bake bread too! Let's say it wasn't a complete disaster and the bread was eatible, but it was a bit on the doughy side! I think I added too much liquid somewhere along the way and ended up having to add more flour to make it the right consistency! ;) Well, I'm not giving up on bread just yet. I will try try again and hopefully persavere since it would be cool to bake our bread! I've really been into cooking from scratch these days.

Speaking of making things...I created this hybrid page over the past couple days.

How about these 'Penmanship'

papers? I love 'em! They're from a new digital kit at Two Peas in a Bucket, made by Polka Dot Pixels.

Last year, in 3rd grade, Christopher wrote this poem about roads. It's pretty good and the first one he's written and this kit was perfect for scrapping it! Yesterday my crafty buddy Audrey had a pinwheel card posted on her blog and it reminded me that I haven't used these fun little accents in a while!

The chipboard title letters are old American Crafts' Thickers and the background card is from the digital kit.

I used a couple Spellbinders

dies and a few border punches for this page. Can you believe this? My beloved Wizzard broke! I'm beside myself! I use that die cutter for almost every project! What am I going to do? Do you have a used one you want to get rid of? I've been telling myself this is the perfect excuse to get a Grand Calibur! ;)

Well, I'm off to do something...not sure what. My list of to-dos is plenty long, but none are urgent so I'm not sure which things to tackle first. Heck, maybe I should just say, 'The heck with the list!" Do something fun instead? ;) So what's on your agenda today? Same ol' same ol' or something cool? Whatever it is...make it fabulous! :) Kathy

A Little More Love & Giveaway

Hi ya'll! It's shaping up to be a beautiful day outside! A little on the cold side, but sunny! You gotta love that!

I have a little more love to share today! Another card with hearts! Both this card and the one I posted yesterday are perfect for either Valentine's Day, an Anniversary or just because. Anytime you want to say, "I love you!"

These heart patterned papers are from a new digital kit at Two Peas in a Bucket called 'Love Actually - Heart Printable Papers'from Polka Dot Pixels. This card has only 3 of the 22 papers included in the kit! You can get a whole different look printing these papers on white stock than the KraftI used.

I added my 'must have' hand stitching and a couple accents from Making Memories' Love Struck line. A touch of inkaround the edges, a button and a piece of jute and that's it! Fun card to make!

Would you like to win this card? Just leave a comment anytime before midnight tonight, eastern time. I'll draw a winner from the comments tomorrow morning and announce it on my Friday post. Hope you win! ;)

Have a super day! :) Kathy

Recipe Cards, December Daily, Recipe & Winner

Hi! I'm happy you're here because I have a few shares for you today! But before I launch into that, how has the first couple of December days been? Busy? I hope you are finding time to relax and enjoy! Are any of you making a December Daily album? If you are I would really love to see yours!  Leave a comment about your December Daily project and I'll come take a peek!

For my first share, I'd like to show you a hybrid project I created yesterday using a new digital kit from Two Peas in a Bucket. The kit name is 'Yummers'designed by Lauren Reid.

I love this kit with all it's baking and cooking themed patterned papers and elements that are perfect for the holidays as well as for scrapbook pages about cooking and baking. I think this bundle of six recipe cards would make a sweet gift, don't you? You could add some home baked goodies or a couple kitchen gadgets and hand towels.

My favorite part of the Yummers kit is the food drawings. LOVE the poultry leg, carrot and fruits. Well, I think they are all too fun! :)

My next share is the second page of our December Daily album.

I decided on our Christmas card for this year and started writing them out. I used a hand drawn doodle of a Santa hat and turned it into a digital image to print again and again. Then I just added glitter to the red part of the hat. Easy and still handmade!

I opted for a monochromatic theme for the second entry. I love how it looks! I'm wondering though if I should add a little sparkle to my snowflakes? Maybe a little rhinestone to the centers? I always look at my finished project and think of something else I might do with it! Ha!

Now for my last share...I tried another new recipe last night. This one is perfect for those who love quick, fresh, healthy and low calorie meals. We can all use that this time of year with the over indulging of baked goodies, and Starbucks' holiday coffees! ;)

This recipe is called Debra's Grilled Chicken. It's a dish you cook on the grill, but I used our indoor George Foreman grill and it worked perfectly. Instead of wrapping your grilled chicken in tin foil and throwing it back on the grill for a few minutes, I stuck our tin foil wrapped chicken in the toaster oven to finish cooking. For my son who doesn't like tomatoes, I left that part off and simply melted a little Parmesan cheese on his.

I almost forgot to announce the winner of the snowflake embellishments! Oops! :) The winner of those lovely glittered snowflakes is Jeni Alen from My Stampin' Spot. Congratulations Jen! :)

So, this concludes my shares for the day. I hope you enjoyed them. And I wish you a wonderful day filled with holiday goodness! :) Kathy

Snow Day and a Winner

Hi! No, today's not a snow day in North Carolina, but there will be one before too long. I do, however, have a Snow Day scrapbook page to share with you.

Here's my little guy last January enjoying a bit of newly fallen snow. Well, these photos were taken as soon he got outside and he hadn't warmed up to the cold yet! ;)

For this page, I used a brand new digital kit available exclusively at Two Peas in a Bucket called 'Frozen' by Polka Dot Pixels. Cool kit! Pun intended! :)

For the stitching, I used a couple elements from the kit for the large snowflake and page title.

In addition to the stitching, I added a couple crochet snowflakes, buttons and scalloped borders.

Love the look on Christopher's face in the top photo! Brr! :)

Now for the winner of yesterday's cards from my last SEI Lifestyle blog post. Strobels is the winner! Congratulations! Thank you for being a part of my special guest blogger week. I hope you enjoy the cards!

Before I run, I want to share one more thing...a very sweet card I received in the mail this week.

I adore this card! I received it from Lin of Sending Hugs. She recently won a giveaway I had for some vintage ladybug pins and sent this lovely card to thank me for them. Such a thoughtful gesture that made my day! Funny thing is, Lin just recently started coming to my blog and didn't know how much I love birds and the 'enjoy the little things' quote!

Here's Lin's card on my Thanksgiving table. I've mentioned on another blog post how I use cards that people give me and those that I make to decorate our home. I think Lin's card looks perfect on the table! If you see this post Lin....thank you! :)

Well, I'm off today on a big adventure, a treasure hunt for vintage goodies. My gal pal Audrey and I are going to hit the road in search of new antique/junk stores we haven't been to yet. I'll bring the camera and hopefully I'll have some fun stories and pictures to share with you!

Have a super day! Thanks for spending a little bit of it here on my blog!!!! I'll try to be back tomorrow for another page share. I have the page done, but I need to photograph it and.....hopefully my grand adventure Saturday doesn't spill into Sunday! ;) Kathy

Guest Blogging for SEI Lifestyle

Can you believe it? I'm guest blogging  for SEI Lifestyle today and all next week! Woot woot! I'm so excited because SEI has some of the coolest scrapbook products on the market today! I got to play with their brand new and gorgeous Moonrise line and created some crafty projects to share with you. Here's a peek of the scrapbook page posted today along with a little bio about myself.

I hope you can join me each day at SEI Lifestyle because I've been a busy little bee making projects that I hope will inspire you to get your craft on! :) Kathy

Guest Blogger and a Free Digital Image

Hey everyone! I can't believe we are already closing in on another weekend! I'm debating whether I should go do something fun this weekend or hunker down and get some work done? My scrap room could really use some love and the list goes on! And on! :)

Well, I'm happy you are here because I have a few things to share with you today. First I'd like to tell you that I was honored to be asked to guest blog for Two Peas in a Bucket's October Stamping Month. Isn't that cool?!?! I made a Halloween card just for the post (sneak peek below) and there are a bunch of other crafty shares to see so I hope you can go take a look.

I have another project to share that features another of Wilna Furstenberg's amazing watercolor digital kits called 'Welcome Baby'.

These are the most adorable animals ever on parade, don't you think? Wilna makes my projects so easy since I really don't need to do very much. Her work shines on it's own!

I added a little card stock, made some die cut shapes and added a little button and bow. It's that simple! Her kit included the sentiment as well!

Those of you who follow my blog, know how fond I am of elephants! This guy is going to be used for a home decor project! He's just too cute to leave on my hard drive! :)

Now a little Thanksgiving treat for you, my blogging friends. I found this vintage 1909 postcard in Selma recently on a hunt for fun treasures.

He's a perky big Tom turkey that had better run...the farmer is after him, but not with a gun! Download and add to a greeting card or scrapbook page for a fun accent. If you make something, I'd love to see it!

So I must run now and create some more fun things. Thanks for your visit and comment...I LOVE comments! ;) Kathy