Bunny's and Carrots

Good morning friends!  Thought I'd come back here today and show you the cute little favors I made for Easter.  The bunny's are filled with Hershey's miniatures and the carrots have M&M's in them.  The templates are from AR Creations and cut on my Cricut with SCAL. 

For some reason, though, I've been having problems cutting certain templates on my Cricut with SCAL.  The back of the bunny was one of those times....I had to make an additional piece to make it come together correctly.  I can't quite figure out why it is sometimes a problem.  So weird!

Anyway, that is it for today!  Have a wonderful day everyone!

Birthday Circus

Good morning friends! I am back today to show off a super cute and fun kit newly released at A-Manda Creation! This kit is called Birthday Circus and, as you can see, can be used for pages other than birthday. I've never taken my kids to a circus or used that theme for birthday's so I wasn't sure what I was going to do.  I decided the bright colors and fun embellies could be used for just about anything though so I found some photos of Kyler from preschool and scrapped those instead!

So above is the two pages next to each other. I didn't just flip the layout this time but instead used the same papers in a different way.  Then I used the same type of photo layout but less photos on the right side.  I really like the way these came out. 

Okay, so that is it for today.  I should be back to share more soon.  I haven't shown you the Easter goodies I made so maybe I'll be back with that.  Have a fantastic day friends!

I appreciate you...

Happy Friday friends!  Thank you for stopping in today!  The first and third Friday's of the month are always fun for me  because I get to share with you a card I made for the current Sketches by Carly challenge! 

This week we were able to use an image that we wanted to I chose the Lily of the Valley image that is in the May set from PaperTrey Ink.  Lily of the Valley are my favorite flowers so when I saw the set I knew I had to have it.  I haven't used it a whole lot but I still think it is lovely.  I was trying to go a little more clean and simple with this even though there are lots of layers.  I actually think I achieved that.  I really like this card!

This current sketch is sponsored by Di's Digital Downloads.  The winner will receive a $10 gift certificate.  You have one more week to make a card with this sketch, link it up to the SBC blog for a chance to win so you better get on it! 

Busy weekend at our house.  We have two events on Saturday plus cleaning in between those events for the event at our house on Sunday afternoon.  We do, however, have a nice weekend coming up--we'll be up into the 70's this weekend.  YAY!

Well, I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Easter Layout

Good morning! I hope you had a great weekend!  We had a pretty nice weekend.  Monday was Kyler's birthday, too so lots of celebrating!

The sad part about Kyler's birthday is that late morning he developed a fever and it has held on since then.  Not sure how things are going today but I know there is no school today for sure and possibly tomorrow.  The bad part is...it is only a 3 day school week for them as they had Resurrection Monday off (remember he goes to a private Christian school) and Friday is their teacher planning day for the 4th quarter.  I think I will need to get his homework today, not that he is necessarily where he can do it but at least we'll have it at home.  A doctor trip may be in order as well today...we shall see. 

Okay, this page's layout is the Let's Get Sketchy challenge for this week.  It is another great sketch!

Well, you have a great day everyone!  See you soon!

Today is his birthday!

He Is Risen!

Woohoo!

I got the official text from Jon that he arrived to Alaska at 4:23 a.m.! Praise God!  What an Easter gift, huh?

Welcome Home, Jon!  You are amazing, we missed you and love you so much!  Now...why isn't June here yet?

Gift Girl

Good morning friends!  I  hope you've had a wonderful week.  I know I'm glad to be to Friday!  Today I get to share with you the card I made with Carly's current sketch at Sketches by Carly.  It is a fun sketch with lots of potential...as usual!

We are sponsored this week by Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps so I used their super cute Ava's Gift digital Stamp.  I know her colors don't necessarily match but I do know that some little girls don't have to match perfectly when they get dressed either so I went with it!  I just pulled some paper out of my huge stash and went to work with the sketch.  This card feels very home-y to me.

Above is a shot of the inside and the sentiment that I decided to use with this card.  It is from PaperTrey Ink.  An oldie but goodie for sure!

Today is the beginning of a weekend that starts in what look like tragedy, Good Friday, and ends in the most glorious way!  I felt God leading me to fast today (sun up to sun down) so if you think of it say a little prayer for me. 

I hope you have a wonderful Friday!  Kyler's birthday is on Monday so we'll be having his party tomorrow.  It is just a big gathering of his friends to play some football and eat some bacon cheeseburger pizza, as well as celebrating with some yummy Snicker's cupcakes.  It should be lots of fun for him!

It's A Luau!

Okay, don't fall off your chair! I'm back posting again today! I have another page for our Hawaii album that I want to share.  This one is made with the Tropical Easter kit again.  You will probably never see the Easter portion of that kit but I can tell you I'm enjoying the tropical portion!

This page layout is from the Let's Get Sketchy challenge for this week.  I just adore the layout and my page.  As the page says after we got checked in our hotel and settled a bit a luau at the hotel was the first thing we did.  It was a bit silly but it was fun none the less.  We sat at a table of mostly older people and had wonderful conversation with them.  We were so blessed to be able to go on that trip!

Alright, I hope you'll be back tomorrow as I have my Sketches by Carly card to share with you.  Until then...have a great day!

Easter Turtle?

Good morning! I hope your week is going just wonderful! When I went to send out Easter cards this year I realized that I was short one so I whipped up this cutie real quick.

I know...what do turtles and pansies have to do with each other other than being super cute?  Nothing but they are super cute!  The image and the papers are from Doodle Pantry and the sentiment from a*muse.  I used this week's Sweet Stop sketch for the card and I'm putting it in the Doodle Pantry digital challenge for this month.  

I do have two more days worth of stuff to share with you so I'll be back tomorrow! 

Tropical Easter

Good morning all! Just stopping in this morning to show you a couple of pages I did with a fantastic new kit from A-Manda Creation called Tropical Easter.  I'm sure you are thinking...Easter?  Yep, the kit has fantastic, fun Easter elements in it but I used the tropical elements to make the first of my pages from our trip to Hawaii a couple of years ago. 

I had a lot of fun creating my little scenes on my pages with the elements.  I'm looking forward to using this kit more as I get into more Hawaii photos.  First, though, I have to find them all.  I went to my folder and it doesn't look like they are all there soo...a search has got to happen first.

That is all I have for you today.  Hope your day is wonderful AND...

Today is Todd's daughter's birthday so...