Happy Birthday to me...Early

Well, Friday is my birthday. I have not been able to decide what I want because the only thing I really want is scrapbook supplies which my husband thinks I have enough of. Little does he know...LOL...Well, today I gave myself an early birthday present. I went to the movies. All by myself. Just me, myself and I. And what did I see you ask........only the sexiest movie around.......the only movie where you can drool and cry in the same scene......the only movie that has women 12 to 99 crushing on the main character.....what movie is that you ask???? Why Twilight Saga..New Moon of course. OMG.....it was fantastic. I cried and cried and cried, but that made it even better. The theater was full and I went at 11:15 in the morning. Imagine that. But now I have a dilema. I have been crushing on Edward Cullen since I read the first book. Well, now after seeing New Moon, I am wondering if it is possible to be crushing on two people in the movie. Jacob Black is nothing less than HOT in this movie. Yes this is coming from a married woman with children. But I must not tell a lie. He definitely changed from the sweet little Jacob in Twilight to just a straight up hottie in New Moon. I don't know if that has to anything to with the fact that he put on 30 pounds of muscle between the two filmings or the fact that he runs around shirtless with those abs showing for most of the movie. Well, Happy Birthday to me...Happy Birthday to me....It was a great birthday. The only thing that would make it better would be to be Bella Swann...LOL....Ok...now back to reality....Have a great day.

Blessed Scraps Challenges

These are two of the monthly challenges I completed for Blessed Scraps over on yahoo groups. The first is a make your own background challenge. I used a Hampton Arts Twas the Night Before Christmas stamp to make the background. The Santa stamp is from Hampton Arts and the sentiment is also from Hampton Arts. These stamps make great impressions no matter what color ink you use. I used Distressed Ink in Vintage Photo to stamp. Both images are matted on evergreen cardstock from DCWV.

This is our turkey paper piecing challenge. I decided to make him very colorful. Each of his feathers were cut from scraps of paper I had so I am not sure what company produced them. The turkey pattern is actually a digistamp from Digi Kitty that I won. I outlined each feather in dark brown to add some definition.

Hybrid Stamping

This cute card is for a challenge over on Digi Kitty. The challenge was to use a digistamp and a traditional stamp. The bear is a digistamp and the greeting and butterfly are traditional. The background paper is from My Minds Eye. I used chalk, Marvy markers and ink to color in the images.

Cold Joe

Here is a challenge I did for Digi Kitty. This is Joe the Snowman and his wife Joenelle. There is definitely love in the air here with them. The stamp is a digi stamp from Digi Kitty printed on white cardstock. The printed snowflake paper is from DCWV and the brown card base is from DCWV also. I used Marvy markers to color in the images.

My BFF

This layout is of me and my best friend Marcie. We have been friends since I was 16. That is a long time. We both grew up in Virginia, but now I live in NE PA and boy do I miss her.

This is a card I made for my husband for his 32nd birthday. I had never used white ink before, but I think it turned out pretty neat. You can't see it very well, but the solid black paper is corregated.

This layout is of Kierstynne and her two of her great grandmothers and her two grandmothers. She was only 4 days old in these pictures which were taken on May 15, 2004. This is Kierstynne's first trip to the Dentist. Dr. Wezmar is amazing with the kids. She was scared at first, but got over that really fast. Kierstynne and Grandma Joan. Boy, talk about two peas in a pod. They even sleep alike. They didn't know I had snapped these pictures during nap time. This layout is of my dream home. This house is on Route 92 here in Pennsylvania. I don't know what it is that facinates me so. I am totally in love with this house. From what I could see standing in the doorway, it reminds me of Tara from Gone with the Wind with the double curved staircase and gorgeous breezeway. I want this house... Kierstynne's first day of Kindergarden was a bittersweet moment. I thought I would be used to her being away all day because she had been in all day preschool. Well, let me tell you, it was totally different. There is just something final about the first day of kindergarden. No longer is she the toddler or baby. She has taken the first step toward the teenage years. Where did the last 5 years go...Way to fast. If I could put time in a bottle, thought, I would want her to stay just like she is now. Old enough to be a little independant, but young enough to still need mom.

Santa Card

I actually paid attention to the company that made this paper. It's DCWV. It came in the holiday pack. The santa and the frame were cut from the Joy of the Season Cricut Cartridge.

Christmas Card

Here is a cute little Christmas card I made using House of Mouse stamps. I used variations of red and green patterned paper. I used watercolor pencils to color in the mouse stamp.

Pink and Black Card

This card was made for the Card of The Month swap over at Scrappersbunkhouse on yahoo. This kit came from www.scrapyourtrip.com.

Most Talented Eagle 2009

On September 18, 2009 Kierstynne entered the Abington Christian Academy talent show. She decided to sing "I want a hippopotamus for Christmas". The audience was responsible for voting for the winner. Kierstynne won first place with a total point value of 501. I was so proud of her. This was the first time she had wanted to get up in front of alot of people to sing. She has a beautiful voice, but is just a little shy. The trophy she won is almost as tall as her. I used a sketch from www.scrapbooksetc.com to make the layout. I never write down the companies my paper and embellies come from because I use all kinds. I do need to start though. Maybe I should organize my paper by companies..What do you think?

My Little Monsters...Digi-Kitty gave us a challenge to use this cute little monster. I turned them into Valentine's Monsters instead of Halloween Monsters. This little monster was a digi stamp from Digi-Kitty. For cute stamps and great challenges, check us out at www.digi-kitty.blogspot.com. This weeks challenge over at Digi-Kitty is "framed". Use a frame any way you can think of. This cute little owl frame came from "Wild Card" cricut cartridge. The phrases are also from the same cartridge.

Here are some pics from our Light the Night celebration at church tonight. This is my MIL Mary a fisher or men, and my DD Kierstynne, as Little Red Riding Hood... This is my Father in Law dressed as Moses and my husband Tim, dressed as Jesus.

Dracula Bear

Hi ya'll. Here is a pic of my Dracula Tear Bear that I did for a challenge over on Paper Piecing Yahoo Group. Isn't he cute....although I am still not real good with tear bears, they are fun to do.

The Scrappin Place

Scrappinplace is my yahoo group. My coowner is Dawn Bradfor. Come check us out. We have a monthly bingo game, tons of swaps, and we will be starting challenges January 1, 2010. We have lots of fun things in store for you in 2010. This title is one I did for scrappingplace...Giving Thanks...a paper pieced turkey sets off the title for this swap. Check us out at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scrappinplace/. We would love to have you join.

BlessedScraps Challenge

Blessed Scraps is a yahoo group run my Tina Ray and Kristal Andrew. Faith based and full of fun, we do monthly challenges, games and swaps. Check us out at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BlessedScraps/

The Digi-Kitty Challenge: Week 10-26

This card was done for The Digi-Kitty challenge for this week.

Supplies: Fall pages from the 2007 Scrapbook Daily Calender, VersaMark Jet Black Ink, Studio G Ink in Soft Suede, Red Cardstock and Sunflower thin Mulberry Paper, 1 3/8 " square punch.

Using the square punch, I punched out all of the paper squares and inked the edges in VersaMark Jet Black. I adhered the sunflower mulberry paper to the front of the card base. Trimmed the edges then added the punched squares in a random pattern. The large potted sunflower is matted on light brown vellum and inked. After adhering the squares, I cut a thin piece of red cardstock and adhered it to the middle row of squares. Using pop dots, I added the large sunflower at an angle. It was very simple and took about 15 minutes to make.

New Projects

This Santa Card was made using my Cricut and the new Joy of the Season Cartridge. Dark Green Cardstock makes the base for this fun card. The sled blades are cut out of DCWV Metallic Gold Paper.

This cute Hello Kitty card was very simple to make. It took me about 15 minutes. I am horrible at saving the names of my supplies so I am not sure which company makes what I use. I need to get better at this. I used the cat clear stamp and Versamark Jet Black Ink to stamp. Once on the pink cardstock, and twice on the Dusky Purple. I did not reink the stamp. The Hello sentiments is a clear stamp and stamped with Dark Pink from Studio G. This pink was also used to ink the edges of the pink cardstock. The paw print stamp is in the same set as the kitty.

This leaf card was a little more difficult than I thought it would be. It was actually a piece of 12x12 patterned paper. I cut out the pattern that was on the paper and used pop dots to raise up some of the leaves. The design was then put on black cardstock and put on the front of the card.

Thanksgiving card: The scarecrow image came from a 2007 Scrapbook Daily Calender. The leaves are from Prima. I also used background papers from the scrapbooking calender. Inked the edges of all papers and used buttons for the flower centers.

New Creative Projects

Good Morning Friends. Yes I know, I am not a good blogger. I am going to try and do much better. I have been working on alot of projects the past few months. I have also, for the first time, used digi-stamps. Pretty neat. It is nice not to have clean my stamps after using and can still have nice colored images to use. I like the ability they give you to color them in a "productive" site like inkscape or photoshop. I will be posting some new items soon. Have a great day, Emily

Catching Up

Well, I haven't posted in a while. I have been rather busy. My daughter has had Vacation Bible School this week, my car had to go in the shop, and I have been a busy little bee making cards and scrappin. I am making about 25 cards to take down to my father's shop in Virginia next week. He is going to try and sell them for me. Keep your fingers crossed. I am praying that my business takes off and flies high. We not only need the extra income, but handmade cards are much more meaningful, I think. I will add the pictures of the new cards I have made over the weekend. I hope everyone is having a great week. Until next time, keep on scrappin' ya'll.