It's been a while...

Yes, I am still alive! Wow, I can't believe it has really been 4 months since my last post on here! Before you judge me lazy and totally disconnected let me explain myself. Back in May I discovered I was pregnant with our second child two days before my husband's birthday! Hooray! So, my son and I surprised him on his birthday telling him we were going to have another addition to our little family! My due date is March 2nd and we will find out the gender on October 13th! We're SO excited!!!

Anyhow, my horrible morning sickness started with a BANG! the morning of 4th of July and for about 8 weeks I was sick as a dog! So, I have spent the last four months sick and then recovering from being a hermit for so long. It has been horrible being sick, but I am not feeling a lot better and actually beginning to enjoy being pregnant again. Although, it is definitely more tiring this time around since I am chasing toddler everyday. Here I am at 12 weeks!

I did manage to do a few crafty things in the last four months. Here is a peek at what I have been up to.

A card for my husband's birthday.

One quick layout with photo's that should have been put on a page long ago!

And my first attempts at embroidering and sewing any kind of children's clothing! These were made as gifts for two very special little boys!

And here's the cute tag I made to wrap up the second jacket.

What do you think? I guess I haven't been totally lazy the last few months! Thanks for come back to visit me! Check back tomorrow for a little giveaway I am doing in celebration of my returning to the blogging world!

Better Than Ice Cream Card

Cardstock: My Mind's Eye

Patterned Paper: Cosmo Cricket

Ink: CTMH

Stamp: My Favorite Things

Other: ric-rac, colored pencils

Playin' at the Park Layout

Cardstock: Bazzill Basics

Patterned Paper: Sassafras

Letter stickers: Scenic Route

Other: brads

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

Birthday Fun!

Sorry that I have really been slacking on this here blog of mine!  I just can't seem to get myself organized these days.  We moved, then had family in town along with my son's first birthday party, and now I have got my hands full with my little guy  being sick.  I am hoping it is just a cold and not the flu!  Yuck!

Anyhoo, I just thought I would jump on here today and let you know I haven't totally disappeared and show you some things I put together for my son's b-day party as promised.  His favorite toys are balls...they have been since he was really little!  So we decided to do a ball-themed party.

The invitations I cut using my Cricut, and then I finished it off by adding some buttons by American Crafts.

The party favors made using recycled baby food jars, red spray paint, some My Mind's Eye paper, twill, my Cricut, and CK Printer Font.

And a little banner I threw together real quick for the occasion using some My Mind's Eye Paper, my Cricut, and some orange pom-poms.

Hope you are all having a wonderful Monday!

Happiness is...

Here is my card using this weeks 2S4Y sketch by Laura!  I don't know why but this sketch was a bit challenging for me and I am not sure in the end if I really felt like I followed the sketch but here is what came of it.  :)  I was originally planning on making it a wintery Christmas card but the more I worked with the colors and paper the more I thought of spring!  

Patterned Paper: My Mind's Eye, K & Company

Journaling Tag & bird cut-out: K & Company

Assessories: Rub-on (Cosmo Cricket), Dew Drops (The Robin's Nest), Swirl (My Mind's Eye), Border Punch (Martha Stewart) Ribbon (Michael's) Button (Deja Views), Floss (Karen Foster Design's)

Cousins

Here is a layout I did using Becky's sketch from Creative Keepsakes Magazine.  This was a fun and easy layout to do (even though I wasn't that happy with how the pictures turned out).  I only used a couple simple supplies.

Patterned Paper & Cardstock: My Mind's Eye

Journaling Tag : My Mind's Eye
Floss: Karen Foster Design
Accessories: Provo Craft Cricut (Alphalicious Cartridge)

Note: flower embellishments are cut from patterned paper.