Happy Day!!

I am so excited to be asked to join the Jillibean Soup Design team... I am just in love with their products and can't wait to be apart of this companies growth!

Congrats to all!

Looks like the Design Team will have a blog to share goodies and inspiration... you can check it out here: Bean Talk (how cute is that!?!?) lol

Glitz cards!!

Ok.... I have to say I think this is my favorite Glitz release so far! I love the new clear stamps and all the cardstock stickers, alpha stickers, and rubons to match each line! love it!

So I got a little busy with cards the past couple nights and wanted to share...

First a couple from the Audrey Collection... oh how I love the colors in this one.. and look at that cute little butterfly!!

Next up is the Rebel Collection:

This would be my 2nd favorite collection... Sparrow
I used the new clear stamps for the dots behind the sentiment on this one.And of course the Glitz classic... Hot Mama! I am a bit in love with the letter stickers that match this collection.. LOVE that font!!
Thanks so much for stopping by... I had a blast with all the fun new Glitz... I'm so happy to be along for the ride with this top notch company!

I'm ready for the sunshine!!

Man oh man!!

It's Spring Break here for the kids, combine that with a week full of nothing but rain... not always the best combination! lol

On Tuesday I took the kids to Abilene to go to the zoo... seriously... we finished the whole thing in 30 minutes, SO tiny! A bit of a disappointment for sure but it was nice to get out of the house though and be able to say we did something for spring break! We then headed to eat and the mall where everyone walked away happy there! Man I love a good sale! hehe

We were scheduled to go to moms house and spend a couple days at Fiesta Texas before we realized that it would rain all week, not really worth a 4 hour drive when she has to work during the day. Instead we have hung around the house in our pajamas enjoying the rain and just plain being lazy... which we don't get a chance to do very often so we are enjoying it!

All in all it's been a nice Spring break, although we seem to once again have a little bug around here. Madison spent last weekend in bed for 2 days throwing up... Morgan today is complaining of the same thing... so we shall see!

I have been in a creating mood lately for sure... I got a layout done with the super fun Noel Mignon "Love Song" kit with some pictures I had hanging around that I have been wanting to scrap.

and of course some close ups:

I also got a HUGE box of all the new Glitz stuff... I am determined to make a card or two from each collection before I dive in and start making layouts!! All of the embellishments are just to die for.. and the paper collections are just beautiful!!

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SO excited!!!

Just a quick post to say how excited I am to scream from the rooftops...
MADISON MADE CHEER!!!!

She really has worked so very hard these past couple weeks and has made so many strides personally with her confidence. I am just giddy that she has learned that all the work and effort she put into this really does pay off... and if you want something bad enough you can achieve it! She is the only one that made it that has never taken tumbling... so big deal for her!
just so stinkin' excited!!

I can finally get my head back on straight.. everything has been set aside to help her lately and now I need to get my act back together!! lol

Thanks!

Rah! Rah! Rah!

Well we have been quiet busy around here lately! My oldest daughter decided last month that she wanted to tryout for middle school cheerleader. I would have never thought she would be so serious about it.. mainly because this is the same girl who for 3 years didn't want to do dance class because she had to get up in front of everyone at recital... flash forward to today.
She is serious.. she wants this... and she has worked her butt off for the past 3 weeks practicing. There is some tough competition for only 4 slots but already I have seen such a change in her and her confidence that if she doesn't make it this Friday she has already gained so much from the experience!
So we continue to run through the dance, the cheer, and the chant and jump! jump! and jump! She tries out for the judges Thursday afternoon afterschool and then the student body Friday morning and they find out Friday afternoon. I think I may be more nervous than she is at this point.. i think because she is really putting herself out there and going out on a limb (especially for her personality) that I want her to succeed!

So think happy thoughts for Madison!
(and if you read all of that babbling... bless you! lol)


Anywho.. before CHA I had won some fabulous Jillibean Soup goodies and I was finally able to put them to good use.. here are a couple projects to share. I tell ya... I LOVE THIS STUFF! Great colors, great patterns, and the sprouts.. YUM!

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I told him...

(Morgan that is)
that I posted his photo on my blog shaving... he said "you did mom?"... I said yep! and he didn't even cringe, I guess he's used my my antics!


I just got my hair done... new stripes! There is nothing like getting a new do... just feels good and uplifting! Here's a shot Morgan took as we were driving to one of the many things we do during the week!




I'm so excited to have my mom come up this weekend to visit, we always have so much fun when she comes... late night scrapping with her is always good! Although I tend not to get anything done and just talk (imagine that)... still lots of fun!




Here's a layout that was recently published in the Feb/Mar issue of BHG... it's totally one of my favorites! Matthew is always writing little love notes for me so I grabbed one and did a page with it and then added an envelope so that I can have a place to store them all.And here's one I did with the fabulous "Love Song" kit from Noel Mignon kit... YUM
I figure in the spirit of Valentines day coming up I'd scrap some pictures of Matthew from last year enjoying some goodies!And last just a quick card:

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Following up on my New Years resolutions... I have been to Curves everyday since I started just minus the days the kids have been sick. I feel like a champion.. in my 15 visits I have lost 9.5 pounds (yeah the half counts damn it)... and 14.5 inches.. go me!! There is still so much to go but it's a slow but sure process! lol
I am trying to be more organized.... trying being the key word!

Alright... peace out.. I am off to the store to get Valentines for the kids for their parties tomorrow... I think I see a little photoshoot in our future!
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Playing Catch Up!!

Story of my life! uugh! lol

We have been battling some sort of yucky bug in my house, one that doesn't seem to want to go away! We've had a bunch of fun around here though!

Starting with this:
I taught my oldest son (he's 13) how to shave... oh my word.. I was putting this off as long as possible not wanting to face the fact that he is old enough for this... but who am I kidding this kid has had a stash since he was two! ha!

Then my two oldest went to the Valentines dance (not together... lol) This was such a fun night for the kids.. .Morgan truley has his own style and isn't afraid to show it! (what you don't see is the one blue soccer sock he is wearing with his shorts.. the dance was supposed to be formal.. sigh)... and Madison just blew my breath away with her beauty! I am in SO much trouble when she actually decides she likes boys! They have noticed her for sure but when I asked her if she wanted a "boyfriend" she told me "what's the point?"... amen sistah amen! lolThen I got on another card kick! Here is a quick one using the beautiful Dream Street Papers (Heartsong collection) and some beautiful Core'dinations papers.I got this Bazzill star in one of my ST/Cards box and challenged myself to use it on a card... I added some glitter, dream street papers and a Cornish Heritage Stamp and poof a card! lolThis MJ collection from Dream Street just screamed "make a boy card from me!" so I did... I love those little converse sneakers, how cute are they!I used a bunch of Making Memories ribbon for this fun Summer card!

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I am in love with the Cornish Heritage Farms- Kim Hughes collection but sometimes get stumped when stamping and challenged myself to stamp till my heart was content with these fun stamps and come up with this little card...

For this card I just simply wanted to use some of the cute little Basic Grey chipboard! I sanded the Core'dinations cardstock for the base of my card.

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