Happy Birthday to me!

Today is my 26th birthday!  My day included breakfast with my hubby at a fun little diner downtown, perusing through some fun antique stores, and lunch with some sweet friends!  It was a great day!  And to top it all off my mom got her May issue of Creating Keepsakes in the mail!  

I didn't even know this issue was out yet but I was so excited to see one of my pages made the front of their "Seasonal Solutions" section!  So fun!  It is a great little section all about motherhood and creating pages that reflect our jobs as moms.  It is definitely an issue worth checking out!  

So, I thought I would share this page with you today.  It is the coordinating page that goes with the page which was published in Creating Keepsakes <---click here and you will see my page on the scrolling slideshow too!

Hope you are all having a wonderful day!

Luv Layout

Cardstock: Bazzill Basics Paper

Patterned Paper: Basic Grey

Letter Stickers: American Crafts

Chipboard: Making Memories

Pen: Gelly Roll, Sakura

Font: CK Classical

Other: Jewels

Back from the dead, a GIVEAWAY, & 2S4Y!

Hello All!  Wow, it has been a long time since I've been around this here blog of mine!  The last two weeks have been really crazy for our family!  First we took a road trip out to Utah to visit my husband's parents and attend one of my best friend's weddings.  Ethan did amazing in the car!  Hardly any crying with the help of a portable DVD player and a goodie bag full of nic-nac's from the dollar store.  Pretty good for a 13 month old in the car for 10+ hours.  Anyway, our trip was a blast, but the day we got home Ethan got the flu.  He proceeded to  pass it on to both my husband and I as well as the rest of our family here.  Needless to say, we have been recovering for the past week and yesterday was the first day I felt like I was coming back from the dead.

These pictures of are of a couple flowers that were blooming in my mother-in-law's backyard.  That is one thing I miss about springtime in Utah...the flowers are beginning to bloom even amidst a few snow storms.  

Enough about what has been going on around here...I have some exciting news!!!  Today I want to do my first GIVEAWAY!!!  As I mentioned in my previous post two weeks ago (gosh, has it been that long!), my first cards came out in publication!  To celebrate this fun occasion for myself I am going to GIVE AWAY ONE COPY of EACH MAGAZINE I have been  published in!  

To be entered into the giveaway just LEAVE A COMMENT ON THIS POST!  And if you want to get your name into the drawing more than once TELL A FRIEND about this drawing and make sure they leave a comment telling me you sent them!  Easy enough right?!  Oh, and did I mention I will throw in some cute scrappy supplies!  :)

I will leave this drawing open until Friday, March 27th at 11:59pm PST.  I will announce the winners the following Saturday! 

The first winner will receive the You're Invited Idea Book by Scrapbook Trends!

And the second winner will receive Scrapbook Trends March Issue which is now SOLD OUT online!

For now I will leave you with these two bright, cheery cards I created today using Laura's sketch this week over at 2S4Y!  A simple and easy sketch with endless possibilities!  

New Baby Card

Cardstock: CTMH & Bazzill

Tag: Sassafras

Pom-poms & ribbon: craft supply

Accessories: Cuttlebug dotted embossing folder

Little Boy Card

Cardstock: Bazzill

Patterned Paper: Sassafras

Tag: Sassafras

Swirl: CTMH

Ribbon: KI Memories

Summertime cards & my 1st PUB!!!

So, obviously I didn't get around to posting more of my summer cards over the weekend, but here are two more.  I finally pulled out this CTMH stamp that I had sitting in my stamp stash but hadn't used yet!  Isn't it a fun stamp?

Oh, and I have some EXCITING NEWS!!!  My first two cards have been published by Scrapbook Trends!  I have one card in their March Issue and one in their You're Invited Idea Book.  I am a bit sad cause I haven't gotten my copies in the mail yet but I saw them in our local scrapbook store today!  I feel so honored to have had the chance to get published and am quite excited for further future opportunities!  

I am hoping to have a giveaway soon to celebrate!  Check back over the next couple days for a chance to win some yummy scrappy supplies!

Food Card Supplies

Paper: My Mind's Eye

Stamp: CTMH (Summertime)

Ink: CTMH (Chocolate)

Floss: Karen Foster

Buttons: American Crafts

Other: Colored Pencils (CTMH)

Summertime Garden Card Supplies

Paper: My Mind's Eye

Stamp: CTMH (Summertime)

Ink: CTMH (Chocolate)

Floss: Karen Foster

Button: American Crafts

Ribbon: Making Memories

Other: Colored Pencils (CTMH), sewing thread