How to be Dash from the Incredibles....

Have your Mom go to the store and realize that since it's not Halloween, they do not have any spiderman fabric.
When your Mom asks what would you like to be instead, make sure to shoot webs to reiterate your point that Spiderman really is the only superhero worth being.
When Mom reminds you of this...

Remember that it is not fun to pick to said Spiderman costume out of your butt all day. It's kind of annoying.

Although, eating candy does let you momentarily forget about previous annoyance.
Ultimately decide that Mom won't let you eat enough candy to compensate for the annoyance ALL day and that being Dash might be fun.
Once your Mom makes most of your costume remember to get really excited for arms in it this time. (Mom had a tough time with those last time).
Remember to sing the You're the Best Mommy Song while she sews. I find that Mom generally forgets that I was pulling the spool off of the sewing machine and jumping up and down over the pattern pieces.
The song really seems to help.
In addition to being fast, remember to arrive fashionably late to your friend's birthday party. Jumping on patterns and pulling spools off of the sewing machine does seem to add some additional sewing time.
See above reference to singing the Mommy song.
But most importantly remember to look cute and extremely appreciative, it really makes Mommy's day. She then stops ranting about, (I don't know why I do this stuff for you, you need to be a good listener if I'm going to be able to finish this. etc. etc.)
See above referenced Mommy song.

Pubster of the Day RAK!

In celebration of a fantastic day I'm doing a HUGE giveaway!


Yes that is exclusive Studio Calico paper that I am sharing with a lucky blog reader. This RAK includes products from Crate Paper, KI Memories, Studio Calico, K and Company, SEI, Scenic Route, Tinkering Ink, Making Memories, Chatterbox and exclusive papers from Scarlet Lime.


Let's also throw in some vintage cards, ledger paper, trim, defective tags, a Basic Grey stamp and a black cloth post bound 12x12 album from Maple Lane Press.



I told you this was HUGE, lol!

Just leave a comment here or on this post.

I will leave this open until Monday evening and will post a winner on Tuesday.

Here's the Finished LO!

Supplies: Cardstock: Bazzil. Pattern Paper: Making Memories, October Afternoon. Stickers, Chipboard: Jenni Bowlin. Stamps: Inkadoo, Fontworks. Ribbon: SEI. Buttons: Creative Cafe.

I finished this last night before heading to bed. It was late and well, I didn't really feel like taking pictures and I wanted to try to get to bed at a reasonable time. I knew I wanted a title about my "men" but wanted something a little different. This was taken on a trip to Dutch Wonderland by a stranger because I wasn't there. I don't know if I was at a crop or doing laundry or at a crop :-) but I am very appreciative of those few hours that allow me to get caught up or simply recharge my batteries. So the more I thought about it, "one on one" seemed to fit! I stamped on vintage ledger paper that I felt fit in with the rest of the page and just adds a little more interest while still being able to read my journaling. I've been into stacking my buttons lately, it's an easy way to pull colors that are in your LO and have them "make sense" with everything else.

I also wanted to thank everyone for an amazing day today! I appreciate all of the well wishes and congrats on my DT announcement. To make a great day even better, I was also Pubster of the Day over at 2 Peas! A little birdie told me that tomorrow is supposed to be a pretty decent day too so be sure to check this out!

So you bet your pattern paper that we will have to celebrate here tomorrow so check back to see what the giveaway will be. (I'll be checking back too since I'm curious to see what I will pick!)

Yes there's been screaming....

and some jumping and a lot of hugging because of this!


I was just added to this wonderful design team!
I am so excited I can't stand it. I have been drooling over everything that they have been releasing and now I get to work with it! Eeep!
Please excuse me while I scream some more!
Thanks so much for letting me share!

Now to finish that LO....

Start to Finish with Me!

I have been wanting to do this for awhile. Mostly because it is my favorite thing to read about. I always look at other LO's and wonder how they decide to use blue or white paper, brads or buttons, ribbon or paper and punches. So bear with me since it's my first time and it honestly is kind of annoying to stop every time I glue something down to take a photo, lol!

This is the base of my LO. I had an extra copy of this photo printed and I just grabbed pattern paper from my scrap stash and cardstock that coordinated.

I wanted to ground my photo, (so it doesn't look like it is floating off of the page). So I went to my ribbon stash. I love color and wanted to try this orange ribbon. I wasn't a fan so I looked for a different color.

I like this brown a lot better and decided I liked it better on top of the photo. I kind of like the post mark on the bottom of the paper and didn't want to cover it up. Also when I covered the seam of my photo on the bottom I also covered a bit of my little guy's face. So on the top it went.

I have wanted to use these from Jenni Bowlin for awhile and well...they were on my desk. Sometimes things end up on a page just because they haven't been put away yet.

I LOVE this paper from October Afternoon. I have used it a ton to back embellishments and stamps. Because of the ribbon, the sticker was raised a bit so I backed the sticky stuff with pattern paper.

I layered my embellishments and added a button to connect the sticker and the chipboard. I added the vintage string from Studio Calico because of the little bit of blue that it adds to the page.

I changed the button from green to a softer hue because when you look at the entire page it was just too loud. Although I do like how it looks close up, (I think everything always looks better close up).

Now I'm thinking about my title. I don't really have any thickers in the right shade or font. I know...I really need to buy some more. How did I let that happen? Anyway so I have been thinking of stamping a title. I have seen a few LO's at Studio Calico with those Carter stamps and craft cardstock. Well I can drop $18 on a stamp set for a technique that I don't know if I would use. But I can spend $4.99 for this stamp set. It's the same kind of style and I can try it out and see if I like it. If I do I may just find enough of a reason to purchase those stamps!

So that's it for right now, I realize that the LO is not finished so maybe I should change my title of this post, lol. But my little guy needs to go to bed and I shall return if I am able to stay awake throughout the reading of the books, (said in my best King Julian voice).

So what do you guys think? Is this helpful information or completely lame? (Don't really answer that if you think it is lame...I know I asked but I don't really want to know if you think it's lame..I mean I kind of want to know...but not really).
Anyway, I will finish this LO after the reading of the books and will create another post with the finished product.

Happy National Scrapbooking Day!

I think I will celebrate on Saturday. Can you believe that no one wished me a Happy NSD in real life. Hallmark really needs to get on the ball with this holiday, lol. Now I didn't get a chance to scrap this weekend so I have decided to move the holiday myself and celebrate this weekend. Possibly, even one night this week. There may be streamers involved.

On a different note, did I mention my son can fish?


About three weeks ago Colin went on his first little fishing trip. Which I'm sure will be the first of many. He loved it! He was very excited to bring one of the 7-8 fish that he caught home to his mama. It was a bit traumatic for everyone involved since we are not necessarily the outdoorsy type. But I persevered and prepared this little meal. I also made sure to thank Colin for catching dinner. He especially got a big kick out of that!

Thanks for stopping by today and hopefully after my NSD celebration I will have some scrappy shares!

I can't decide...

I told myself that this year I would get a great fitting swimsuit that actually came in my bra size.









You think this would be an easier decision since I don't have a ton of choices. I can't stand paying for shipping especially considering I might have to return it....to Europe. *sigh*

I really want a tankini but the more I think about it, the more I remember why I wear a one piece. I like the once piece a lot but it comes in a cup size smaller than I need. I could try to compensate with a larger band size, blah, blah, blah. And I'm sure it would still fit a TON better than anything that I have now but I'm also sure that I would need to return it at least once. They are way too expensive to buy them both to just try on.

What do you guys think?

What do you think will scrapbook better? :-)