Spring banner

I just LOVE making banners, and this time I got to alter a Maya Road pennant banner that came in the Color Me Daisy May kit. Banners are just so bright and festive, and I love how they add to my decor. It's also fun to walk by and admire it as opposed to stacking it on top of my LO pile! hehe!









All product is from the CMD May kit except the scalloped circle punch, Martha Stewart butterfly punch, and Pink Paislee glitter. The orange Maya Mist (see butterflies) is an add-on.

Wow its been a while...

Who knew that May would be such a busy month for a SAHM with toddlers?! I mean, I don't even have school activities to blame! Well, I guess that's not entirely true. We did have volleyball try-outs last week so I was at the gym 2 days last week. I should've been there more, the day of the ACTUAL try-out, but we were on the road instead. We drove to the lake to drop off the girls, then to Mississippi to attend Josh's grandfather's funeral. Then it was back to the lake to pick up the girls and have a Mother's Day celebration with Mom, Meg, and Grandmother, then home. These last 4-5 days have been quite a blur. Not to mention that I attended another funeral yesterday of one of my former students. I taught him, and coached his sister, who was one of my team captain's last season. I'm trying to play catch-up at the same time that I'm really drained emotionally. It's been a couple of hard hard days and late nights too. But that'd be my own fault. Anyway, that's why the blog has been neglected. Not that I needed to give an excuse, but still.

I guess I can share a few photos with you. I've taken a lot, but none are scrapped. That's been on the backburner too.

First up, a horribly embarrassing photo of me

The girls and Josh surprised me with b'fast (consisting of a cookie and a brownie) in bed. I'd literally just woken up and sat up in bed. And Josh had the camera in my face instantly. Guess that's payback, huh?

Meg, Mom, and me

We've started the official countdown to when Meg and Mark's twins arrive, though I've cropped out her preggo belly! I figured she'd appreciate that! ;)

Our crew

We don't have a single photo where Caroline's not trying to get out of it. In this case, it kinda looks like she's smiling though.

Color Me Daisy Reveal

**caution another long post ahead**

This month Color Me Daisy had a main kit, "Happiness" and also 2 Pink Paislee mini kits, Captivating and Fetching. I was so excited that I got to play with 2 of the three kits! Thank you so much Michelle!

From the Main kit:
Washing Snails



Google-y eyes are not included in the kit, but I LOVE this chipboard snail!
The kit also comes with a chipboard dragonfly, 2 butterflies, and a ladybug.
I'll be using these soon! ;)



Not the right color thickers? Customize them with stickles! That's what I did for both the kite and the alphabet thickers. The kite is also backed with a Maya Road sheer.

With the Pink Paislee Captivating kit:
Her Spicy Side


I LOOOVE this photo of Caroline. It's just hilarious to me! I actually didn't take it, but our friend Holly Harnsberger did. She gets C to pose in all kinds of funny and silly poses. Not sure what the prompt was here but I know that C really wasn't angry, just posing. Can you guess where she's seen that pose before?! lol!


I tried a paper pleating technique. I also used some brown Pixee glitter. Who knew brown glitter would be so pretty?!

The main photo section is popped up off the page almost a half inch to make room for the paper pleating along the bottom edge.

"Home is where you hang your heart" a mixed media mini album

Front cover (acrylic)


No.6240 (chipboard)


"Welcome home"


"...to the everyday..." (acrylic):


"and the decorated..." (acrylic):


"Where we won't forget..." (chipboard):


"but still make memories..."


"HOME. It's where we...LIVE."

I made this mini album using the supplies from the Pink Paislee sticker book. I used the acrylic front "cover" and then the chipboard back "cover" and the spiral binding. To make it the smaller size I wanted, I just cut the acrylic and chipboard in half making them approx. 5 1/2" in length. The front cover of my mini is acrylic, as well as one of the pages inside it. The rest of chipboard pages. All the embellishments come with the CMD mini kit, both the Pink Paislee ones and all the others I used.

One last thing, don't forget that this month CMD is hosting their "Get Happy" month long crop. You can find it here. AND they're giving away "A RAK-a-day in the Month of May" on their blog. All you have to do is leave a comment and you could win a prize! Find the CMD blog here.

Rainy days equal puddles!

All I can say, is that I could NEVER live on the West Coast where they get all that rain! It's been raining almost without stop since Friday morning. And our little ol red clay backyard doesn't hold water well. Actually it holds it too well. We flood rather easily. That combine with two very enegetic, pent up little girls and this is what you get....

Yep! That's 34 pictures of F-U-N!

We'd tried to go to the "playground" in the mall, but their skylight was leaking so the playground was closed. After a little brainstorming, Josh and I decided to let the girls go puddle jumping! And they had a blast! They got soaked to the bone, and all that energy spent! :D :D :D What a fun afternoon!

Great news!

As you all know, well if you've been reading my blog you'll know, that recently I participated in Urban Anthology's Design Star contest. Well, Friday morning I got an email from Kari, the site owner, asking me to join their team! I was totally shocked and EXTREMELY excited!!! So now I get the priviledge of designing for Urban Anthology!!! Woooohoooo!!! I'm so stinkin' excited and can't wait to get to work! :D :D :D



Their May kit "An Enchanted Afternoon" is just gorgeous! In fact, it's already sold out! But don't worry you can email Kari here because they're filling a wait list.



Here are some real life photos of the kit:

Sharing more

First of all, happy Natl. Scrapbook Day everyone!!! In case you didn't know, yes there IS such a day on the calendar! And of course I'm going to try to take advantage by doing some scrapping today. But so far I've been plagued with a headache all day. BUT I have more to share with you than just that.

First I want to share that the Color Me Daisy May kit is up! I have LOVED playing with this kit!



I'll be back soon with my projects. Right now it hasn't STOPPED raining long enough in the last 36 hrs. for me to take photos, so I'll keep you in suspense. hehe! But also there are 2 new "mini" kits FULL of Pink Paislee goodies you need to check out! Wow, these bad boys are fun too!




Not only THAT, but yesterday started the Color Me Daisy "RAK-a-day in the month of May" blog post. All you have to do is leave a comment on the Daisy blog each day, and you'll be entered to win some free goodies! Isn't that great?! You can check it out here And yes, Michelle's giving away a RAK every single day in May!!! Wow! Talk about generous!!

AND in case you need to find some inspo or your mojo, we Daisy girls are hosting a month long crop over at CMD. There will be technique challenges, scraplifts, sketches, and lots more!! So be sure to hop on over there and get your fill of some great challenges!

Can't wait to see you there!
Happy Natl. Scrapbook Day everyone! :D

Happy May Day!

I've never figured out why May 1st is called May Day, but the name totally reminds me of my elem. school days when we'd have our recreation day "May Day Play Day". Oooh! That day was the BEST!!! Class v. class kickball, the huge obstacle course, gettin all hot and sweaty then cooling off with popsicles, and of course finding out if our team won or not! Man! Those were the good ol' days!(sorry that's kinda random)

Getting back on track...on this May Day I have lots and lots to share with you! There are tons of activities going on in the month of May. First off is the announcement of May Mayhem at Serendipity Scrapbooks. Here's what Kristen has to say about it:

"Serendipity Scrapbooks is pleased to announce our first ever month long CROP!
Are you ready for a Hair Raising Event? I know we are. And we have so much in store for you for the month of May. Every Design Team member has 50 points to give away during the month and even some RAKs for you. There will be challenges, loads of games, Deals of the DAY, secret hiding places in the store, and best of all Blue Light Specials available to each and every one of you.

This will be a non stop event starting May 1 - May 31st! So join us every day because you never know when points will be handed out to add to your total which will put you one step closer to being our May Mayhem Queen! Please visit our forum for more information and guidelines to the contest."



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The second thing(s) I want to share are my May kit reveals from Serendipity. I had the "Just Enough Please" kit which was packed full of My Minds Eye and Bella Blvd.
(the picture of the kit's not up yet, but here's what I did with it.)

"Suitin' up for Summer"




Caroline proudly modeling her new life jacket that she specifically requested. It HAD to be pink AND princess. I'm sure you'll be seeing more of it in pictures from lake we'll take this summer. ;)

"Just Read"

Also Caroline, but this one's when she was a wee baby. I *think* she was about 18mo. in these picture. Sure wish I'd at least written a date on the back. Anyway, she was reading her favorite book at the time.

Egg Hunt with Granna




We were all so happy that Granna could come up and stay with us for Easter which of course meant the egg hunt too!

Sweet baby Chick

The baby of the family, and just a play on that fun Hambly chickie transparency and stickers. This photo was taken at the end of last summer. I really don't remember her being this small!

And last but not least is Gracie's b'day present.
Remember I'm the "late" aunt, so I'm just now getting around to making this for her. Next on the list is Emma's altered item. She turned 9 (? yikes!) on Monday.

Gracie's mailbox:


right side


left side


Stay tuned because I have more to share, more LOs are coming(coughcoughColorMeDaisycough), and SEVERAL more announcements including one about a RAK-a-day in the month of May!!! But I thought I'd give you a rest for today. Be back tomorrow with lots, LOTS more! ;)