Splendid Sunshine

I was in a semi-creative mood and decided on a new scrapbook layout. This is what I came up with.

  

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Baby It's Cold Outside

I made a layout using the January Studio Calico kit. The picture is from last January when we got so much snow and had a snow day which meant no work. That's my kind of day! :)

I love the wood veneer letters and so wishing that I had another set or three.

The 2 brad didn't come with this kit, but it come with another kit.

I've already got a few more ideas that I want to do with this kit. I"ll be back with more soon.

Wanna Be Baker

This weekend we celebrated my grandmother's 83rd and oldest nephew's 17th ( I feel so old) birthdays. So of course I was in charge of the cakes. Since my nephew has played football since he was little and is still playing I decided to do a football cake for him. Super simple and easy. Love those types of cakes when it takes longer to bake them then to actually decorate them. That's my kind of cake.

And for my grandmother's cake I wasn't sure what I wanted to do. So to the internet I went and came across this really pretty picture of a "ruffle" cake and loved it. It was simple and very pretty not to mention it didn't look like it would be very hard or take that long to do. It didnt't take me long at all, but I learned that my "ruffle" needs practice. I'm not sure if it was the icing (which is so what I'm blaming it on) or my technique (yeah, right). It still turned out looking ok and of course she loved it.
I will definitely be doing this cake again. I'm still kicking myself for writing the site down where I ran across this cake, but I'll be doing a google search later to see if I can find that particular site. She had pretty amazing things on there.  It really is a pretty idea for a cake. Whenever I do a cake that doesn't cause me to throw things around my kithcen, it always puts in a baking mood. I want to bake and make cakes and just be able to whip 'em out like nobody's busness, but that is never the case. I still love making cakes and I am ready for my next challange, my niece's 2nd birthday. Still no theme yet, but I hope I'll be able to make something fabulous. I guess we will see. Wish me luck.

Project Life 2012 cover page

I really wanted to start posting my weekly "layouts" for PL, but the page protectors I want are still not in stock and won't be till the end of the month or first part of next month. I have other page protectors that I thought about using, but I really want my weekly layouts to use design A. So until I can get those ordered and get caught up the only thing I have to share is my cover page.

I liked the way that Susan Weinroth did her cover page, so cute, but I really liked the note she did at the bottom saying their names, ages, where they are currently living, and about their dog. So I decided to do that this year. Even though I'll be behind on posting my weekly pages I'm still taking pictures and making notes so I don't forget what all has/will happen before I get the rest of my pieces. Also I signed up for Studio Calico's first online class, Photo A Day, to help me stay motivated not to mention all the great picture ideas these ladies have. Love looking at others peoples pictures and getting a glimpse at stuff I wouldn't be able to otherwise. But for now my pictures will stay on either my memory card or in a file on my computer and one day they will be printed and put out there for the world to see. :)

A Mini for 2012

I was on Elizabeth Kartchner's blog and seen where she had posted about a 2012 mini album and after seeing what she made and where she got the kit I just had to make one for myself. You can print the kits from this site (I'll for sure be checking that blog out again and soon) and make your own little mini too. There are only a few pages to it, but I really liked the idea.  I just used my Cinch to bind it all together.

I went with Instax pictures also. Just thought they fit the book.

This page is for David. I'll snap a pic of him when he gets home since I didn't have an Instax of him laying around and with any luck I'll talk him into filling out the questionnaire. There was even a questionnaire for kids, so cute. Wish we had a couple.

A part of the kit is to write yourself a letter and read it at the end of the year. So I included an envelope and added stuff my letter in it.

I wonder at the end of the year if I'll remember to read the letter I wrote to myself. I guess I'll find out. That's all there is to it. Simple and easy. After I finished I kind of wished that I had included a picture of Daisy (our dog), but I didn't. Maybe next year. I'm glad this kit was shared.

Hello 2012

Welcome 2012. I hope everyone has their resolutions written down and are ready to tackle them. I however did not make any. I mean why set myself up to fail? Just kidding. I have a few things that I want to work on this year and I am hoping to stick with it. We shall see. But I have to say that I am more excited about my husband's resolution than any of mine. My fingers are crossed that he manages to do it. (You can do it babe).
I was lucky enough to be off yesterday to celebrate the new year. So instead of doing anything useful like clean my house or do the laundry I did a couple scrapbook pages and watched a lot of t.v. Oh, well what are holidays for if you can't enjoy them right? Am I right? I know I'm right!! (wink) But I wanted to posted some pictures of the layouts, you know since I'm a wanna be scrapbooker and all. I really wish I was as talented as some of my most favorite scrapbookers, but I'm not so I'll just have to share my layouts here where no one looks and be happy with that for now. That is one of my resolutions, to actually post a layout or two on one of the sites where I am a member and see what kind of feed back I get if any. We'll see how it goes. But for now here are my most recent layouts.

First up, TODAY. Using some of my Studio Calico kit. I really need to learn how to photograph a layout. (Another resolution)! 

And YOU MAKE ME SMILE.

Again using some of a Studio Calico kit and other bits laying on my desk. For whatever reason I'm in a mood for some serious scrapbooking so I'm off to complete some more layouts. Thanks for stopping by.