SSS---July Card Kit (again)

Another card I made with the July card kit from Simon Says Stamps.  This card gave me a bit of trouble...I tried sewing on it but the thread broke right in the middle.  I started to trash the entire card, but as I was re-thinking it...I salvaged what I could and went in a different direction.  I like this much better than the first idea I had.

Thanks for looking!!

Getting Caught Up

So I have spent a lot of time this summer changing my albums from post-hinge to 3 ring binders.  I like to scrap chronologically...kinda ocd about keeping things in some kind of order.  I had several layouts that were partly done...but needed some titles and journaling.  These are some that I finished.  They are super simple layouts....and since they go in my 2008 albums...I kept them super simple.  My scrapbooking has evolved since then...I do like the style of Shimelle and those similar but didn't want these pages to look too out of place with the rest of the layouts in the book.

I am still working on better picture taking skills.  Any suggestions would be appreciated.  Thanks for looking.

Deceived by Youtube

Is it just me, or do some products look larger in youtube videos?  I ordered some Mr. Hueys from Joann.com and got them in the mail today.  Not really sure what I was expecting, but the bottles seemed way smaller than they have appeared in some other peoples haul videos.  This is not the first product to fool me.  I thought the Jenni Bowlin inkpads looked larger than they really were, but now that I know...I ordered 3 more.  The same goes with some of the stamp sets I've ordered.  Do any of you feel the same or am I out there on an island by myself?  I am not angry with these products...I look forward to trying them....I just thought they would be bigger.  :) 

What I have been up to and a layout

So April was super busy for me....with school and two weekends in a row away from home.  I don't think I will ever plan that again if it can be helped because it was so tiring on me.  May we were just trying to finish with school, those of you with children know that the last month is so crazy.  Field trips, honors days, money for this and money for that.  In June I have spent some time in the craft room....I am changing most all of my albums from post-hinge to 3 ring binders.  Why I didn't realize a LONNNNNGGGGG time ago that they were so much easier to use is beyond me. 

I have worked on some layouts trying to get caught up....don't know if I ever will.  This is one of my husbands birthday from a couple years ago.  We were at our favorite mexican restaurant and if they know its your birthday they sing to you, put a sombrero on your head, give you a sopapilla and also smear some cool whip across your nose.  I had no idea, but my kids told the waiters when they went to the restroom. 
                                                                                                                                                                                     

I love how George the waiter is giving Nelson bunny ears...so. funny.

Simon Says Stamp July Card Kit

Ok, so it's been 3 months since my last post.  Sorry about that.  Life happens and I got lazy.   A lot has gone on in the last 3 months and I will update over the next week or so.  Anywho, the purpose of this post is to share a card I made with the July card kit from Simon Says Stamp.  I just signed up with the monthly subscription on Monday and got the kit yesterday.  I know the SSS blog has a gallery where you can post creations made with this kit each month, so I wanted to add mine to that.  I made this card with product entirely from the kit with the exception of the twine.  I loved this kit and the stamp set that came with it.

I cut out the circles from one of the 6x6 pages and kinda made it into a flower, then curved the stamp to make a stem and used the heart stamp for the leaves.  Thanks for looking!

Spring Breaks Over...Back to the Real World

Wow...sorry it's been a couple of weeks.  I really enjoyed my week off from school, spending time with my Mom and with my girls.  But now back to the real world...we get no more days off from school until summer vacation.  Anyway...I did not spend hardly any time in my scraproom during my break.  I had so many other things to do, when I did have some down time I spent it catching up on some shows on the DVR.  I did make some cards.  I stamped these images off at my aunt's house several years ago and they have been sitting in a folder ever since.  Every now and then I would get one and make a card but this time I decided to color all the remaining ones at the same time and make a set of cards. 

I love these little mice!  I picked out which background paper I wanted to use first, it was a 6x12 paper pad I got at Hobby Lobby in their Paper Studio brand, and then colored the images to match that line.  I put some stickles on the frosting to give it a little bling.  The flowers and brads are some from my stash and the ribbon I bought from the $ bin at Target some time ago.  When I bought it, it was on clearance for .25...you got 4 or 6 little spools with 18" on each.  It took a whole spool for each card but for the price, who cares. :)

Thanks for looking and I will try to be back sooner next time.

Joann's Haul

Last weekend I went to Joann's and was able to snag some of the .97 clearance stamps.  I found 10 different sets and also used a 20% off total purchase coupon.  Ten sets for 8.00--score!!

Today I went back to Joann's because I had a 25% off total purchase and couldn't let it go to waste.  I found several punches and a couple of spellbinders on clearance.

I got a combo border/corner punch..lace and lattice for 4.97, two border punches...scalloped daisy and all-a-fleur for 3.97 each, a squeeze punch..loves me/loves me not  and a butterfly lever punch both for 2.97.  I found another stamp set that I missed seeing last week and they were still .97.

The Spellbinders were the Labels Two and the Lg. Octagon set.  These were on clearance for 5.97.  I also picked up some cardstock that was on sale for 1.99 each.  So I got all this for roughly 28.00 plus tax.  Maybe I can find some time during this week off to play with my new toys!