CSI #140

Hey crafty friends & happy Friday! It's a gorgeous day here & my cold is finally gone!! Yay-just in time for the weekend! It's going to be a busy one here again with riding lessons & baseball games tomorrow, a high school reunion tomorrow night (my hubs') & a trip to the pumpkin patch planned for Sunday. I also need to make some time to play tennis as I only played once this week because I was sick. So needless to say, the weekend will flyyyy by!

I was able to play along with the latest case file at CSI  recently.
  
I love the color scheme here & the fun "evidence" too! Here is what I created:

I started with the striped paper from Pink Paislee & added layers of other papers from Lily Bee & October Afternoon. Striped & dots were also one of the evidences. My tissue paper in green also has polka dots on it. I used a wood veneer speech bubble from Studio Calico & a wooden banner from Little Yellow Bicycle. I have some heart stickers from Crate Paper & a couple of cork hearts from Crate. 

I used the word "explore" for my title & journaled about my son's fire house filed trip adventure on my tag. 

Other supplies: 

-chipboard buttons; enamel dots-My Mind's Eye

-5c flatback; label sticker; kraft feather die cut-Jenni Bowlin

- epoxy stickers-Glitz Design

-cork "love" sticker; corrugated cardboard "4"-Jillibean Soup

-border sticker; "love you" sticker-Crate Paper

doily-Martha Stewart

alpha stickers-Basic Grey

Thanks so much for stopping by today. Have a wonderful weekend!!

~Stephanie 

  

Guesting at Stick It Down

Hey y'all!
I am excited to share that I was chosen as a guest designer at Stick It Down! I was able to create with this amazingly fun sketch

Don't you just love all the small squares?! The possibilities here are endless!
Here is my layout:

 I started with the background paper from October Afternoon that I swear I have been hoarding for years! On top of that, I placed four squares that measure approximately 3x3, on a piece of cream cardstock.

 I splattered some black mist on the cardstock. The chipboard butterflies are from Heidi Swapp & were misted with Jack Frost mist from Tattered Angels.

The photo is from summer of 2011 on our trip to Williamsburg. We took the kids to Jamestown for a few hours & they were both bored to tears (literally for Ty)! This is one of a few decent pictures I was able to get that day-ha!    

I had a blast creating this page & love the way it turned out! Thanks for having me as a guest designer SID!!
Maybe you can find the time to play along with this great sketch also!

Supplies:
-patterned paper-October Afternoon; Fancy Pants; Crate Paper
-burlap pieces-Little Yellow Bicycle
-cork embellishments-Fancy Pants
-doily-Martha Stewart
-chipboard butterflies-Heidi Swapp

Thank y'all for stopping by! I really appreciate it!!
~Stephanie

School Day #2

I wanted to update my blog with news about the kids' second day of school. Ty had a good day (he told me so when I picked him up at school) & had no tears this morning! I'd say that's a huge improvement! He also told me that he made friends today & played with the boys (or, the boys chased the girls) on the playground at recess. He sat with two new friends at lunch. I was so excited to hear that good news! He had art today & said it was fun & he liked it. YAY! I forgot to tell you all what he told us was his favorite part of school yesterday-LUNCH! He said he liked it best because he didn't have to do anything but sit & eat! For those that don't know Ty, that is so typically him-he loves food! And he does not like work!
Leah also had a great day! She said last night that she thinks her teacher this year just might tie as her favorite. She is striving to get all A's this year. I hope she has as good of a year as she did last year, not just academically but socially & emotionally too!
In the quiteness of the day while the kids were at school, I got to thinking of this song that I have always loved by Trace Adkins & the words have never rung truer for me:
"....Now you've got time that's all your own. You've been waiting for so long for these days to come. Then they do & that's how it is. It's just quiet in the morning. Can't believe how much you miss all they do & all they did. You want all the dreams they dreamed of to come true, then they do."    
My babies are growing up so very quickly! I never thought I'd be so sad. I always said I couldn't wait to have time to myself again. I do so miss them though.

In other news, I want to share some of the layouts that I made using the September Kit of the Month from the Flying Unicorn. I was able to make 6 layouts, 2 cards & I still have leftovers from this kit!

My first layout uses Carta Bella's Beautiful Moments paper. I punched butterflies from the Anna Griffin paper included in the kit & also made a flower from the same paper using my EK Success 3D flower punch. The flowers are from Petalloo (included in the kit) & the rub-ons that I used on the envelope are from Kaiser Craft as well.

The next layout I used Little Yellow Bicycle papers & added some Gesso to the darker blue one.

The KaiserCraft diecuts are super fun! Here I added a butterfly, the journaling card &  the flower border. I LOVE the crown rub-on from KC also (see above the butterfly)! I punched a few stars & added my title with tiny alphas from Prima, & was done! Loved the ease of working with this month's kit!!
I hope to be back soon with more to share from Vintage Harmony.
Happy Humpday!
~Stephanie