'it's your day' pillowbox using Gelatins Stamps.

I have a pillowbox to share today & I used two stamp sets from Gelatins Stamps. I used the It's Your Day stamp set for the sentiment & the flower background on my tag is from the Happiness set.

 My supplies are all from a Cocoa Daisy kit & the green ink is Prima chalk ink in moss lawn. These are the two stamp sets:

 

10 things that make me really happy.

1 sunshine

2 crossing things off my To Do list

3 reading a really good book

4 fresh highlights

5 getting out of work early

6 warm chocolate chip cookies + a tall glass of cold milk

7 when my Studio Calico order arrives every month

8 good hair days

9 the feeling at the end of a run

10 something really, really funny that makes you belly laugh & still laugh about it when you re-tell it

lovelovelove.

I finished another layout last nigh with my May Studio Calico kits. This one is TJ's parents last winter at one of the nephew's baseketball games. This was inspired by the challenge at Paper Secrets to use a sketch + a polaroid. 

 I also added in the Glitz Design washi fromApril's SC kit. This is mostly Planetarium + Lyra. The buttons are from Big Dipper.

Also, are you thinking about joining Studio Calico kit club? Use my referral link!

Indy zoo.

Sharing a layout from a trip to the local zoo last fall. I used the Sept 2012 Cocoa Daisy kit & some of my new May Studio Calico bits. 

believe in yourself + tulip lanes.

It's rare that I have an entire day with nothing to do, let alone a Saturday. Not that I don't have anything to do but no immediate, pressing issues. So this morning I potted some of the plants I brought home from work (the offenders have a horticulture class & at the end of the class, staff are offered all the plants/trees/flowers that they grew - free!). I told one of the girls at work to surprise me with some & I brought home eight. The only ones I know for sure are a spider plant, a geranium, a pepper plant, & two tomato plants. The rest will definitely be a surprise! After that, I started scrapping & finished two layouts with my May Studio Calico kits. 

I used an Instagram photo from my aunt's 50th bday dinner (complete with a free tequila shot for the bday girl) for this layout & was inspired by the challenge at Scrapbook Circle to use patterned paper for a background.

 This is mostly Big Dipper with a little bit of Lyra + Planetarium. The background paper is light blue but it didn't scan well. The red ink used for the "this moment" stamp is Poppy Parade from Stampin' Up. The navy ink is Prima chalk ink in farmer jeans.

Here's the second page, a 12x12 layout, about the tulip lanes in Holland, Michigan. We went last weekend (Friday - Sunday) for the Tulip Time festival. The tulips were amazing! This has been on my "bucket list" for the past two or three years & for one reason or another I've not been able to go. This year, I was determined to make it happen. [More layouts to come soon!]

 

This one was made using Planetarium (with some Lily Bee alpha stickers from my stash) for this sketch challenge at C'est Magnifique.

& here's a few more photos from that weekend:

  Like the Studio Calico kits? Thinking about joining? Use my referral link.

friendship card for Gelatins stamps.

My card this week for Gelatins Stamps is also made for a color challenge at ScrapMuch? 

 I used the happiness stamp set along with Versafine ink which gives such a crisp image! 

 Here's my card:

I used papers from the Pink Paislee Portfolio 6x6 collection, a cardstock sticker from Crate Paper Acorn Ave, & some American Crafts ribbon.

I was inspired by the color challenge at Scrap Much?

style. [LCOM sketch #19}

A 12x12 layout to share today with sketch #19 for LCOM. This is a great sketch - I was super excited to work with it. 

Here's my layout:

Everything is from my April SC kits: Spencer's scrapbook kit, Daily Grind add on, Front Porch Blend add on. Want to join the SC kit club? Use my referral link.

Make sure you stop by the LCOM blog to see what the other design team members created. & here are the rules to enter:
 1.  Make a newly created project using the provided sketch and upload it to your blog or online gallery.
2.  Then leave a link to your project using the Inlinkz widget.  Please use a direct link to your LCOM Sketch post and not just your blog address.
3.  If you upload to online galleries, please also use tag/keyword LCOM19. LCOM products are NOT required to participate, and you can enter as many times as you want.  If you don't have a particular shape indicated in the sketch, feel free to substitute.
4.  There is no time limit - you can always play any week at any time, but the linking form will close on the last day of the month at 8:00pm (Atlantic Standard Time) to allow us to find a prize winner. 
 

you might be a nurse if...

You use words like "penis" and "vagina" in normal conversation & think nothing of talking about vomit, blood, or poop at the dinner table. 

You now use more 4 letter words than before you became a nurse. 

You've wondered, 'Why am I here?' 

 You have encouraged obnoxious patients to sign out Against Medical Advice.

You can hold your bladder for 10+ hours.

You've had someone with tattoos literally from head to toe tell you he is afraid of needles.

You believe in the evil powers of full moons & speaking phrases with the word "quiet" in them.

You routinely ask, "What changed tonight that made it an emergency when it's been going on for 6 years?"

You've thought about having "DNR" tattooed on your chest.

You don't get excited about blood - unless it's your own. 

You tell time with a 24 hour (military time) clock.

Your friends/family call you for nursing advice.

[these were adapted from similar items I found online]

national nurse's day 2013!

Source: Uploaded by user via Ashley on Pinterest

my happiness.

I made this for one of Shimelle's NSD challenges - to use square photos. This is an easy challenge; I take a lot of cell phone photos these days & editing them with Instagram changes them to square. These photos were taken with my cell last summer, when I started the Hunger Games series. 

what do you do?

 

I read. I jog. I spend too much time on Instagram & Twitter. 

I make things, I scrapbook, I create things. 

I take care of Bentley, I go on walks, I clean up poop, I vacuum dog hair endlessly, I continually clean up his messes. 

I cook. I clean. I shop. I am a designated driver. I attend church, I pray, I praise God. I volunteer. I donate. 

I overthink things. I lose my patience too easily. I get too excited about seeing bald eagles & owls while driving down country roads.

I make plans. I expect great things. I give really great advice. (but I'm not so great at taking it.)  

NSD LCOM online crop! [1 hour challenge.]

We're having a huge crop at LCOM to celebrate NSD. I am hosting a challenge... 

the 1 hour challenge using this sketch: 

PageMaps July2012

We're working on the honor system here but you have 60 minutes to create your card or layout using this sketch as inspiration. GO!

 We always have to have rules:
1.  All cards/layouts/p[rojects must be newly created and made specifically for that specific crop challenge.
2.  You may NOT combine our challenges. You may however, combine them with other outside sites/blog challenges.
3.  To be eligible for any of the prizes, your creation must be loaded into the LCOM Gallery and linked within the specific challenge's thread to be eligible to win a prize.  Please put the keyword "NSD2013" on all your creations.
4.  You have until Sunday May 12 at 11:59pm AST to complete & link up your creations.
5.  Have LOTS of fun!!!!

DEADLINE:
All creations must be loaded into the gallery with the keyword "NSD2013" and linked back to their specific challenge threads by Sunday, May 12 at 11:59pm AST.

PRIZES:
TWO lucky random winners will receive prizes from Let's Capture Our Memories.
Additional prizes may be offered by the challenge hostesses.

Here's my layout:

 Photo from my friend's wedding 2 years ago & all supplies from my April Studio Calico kits.

spring tag for Gelatins Stamps.

It has finally felt like spring around here the past couple of days. Tuesday was sunny & in the 70s (although a little windy). Wednesday we hit the 80s! The weather put me in a spring-y mood! 

I made a little tag with Gelatins Stamps Easter Bunnies. I know, Easter is over. But this stamp set also has a few cute flower stamps that could be used for anything.

 

 First I used Chalkboard glimmer mist in cotton candy with with a Mistery Huey's mask from Studio Calico. The ink I stamped the image with is Prima chalk ink in raspberry pie. Then I used my Cricut & the Give a Hoot cartridge to cut out a few butterflies (3/4" & 1/2" sizes). I misted the butterflies with Heidi Swapp Color Shine in primrose & Smooch Spritz in cherry ice. I topped it off with some pink polka American Crafts ribbon.

Things that make me uncomfortable.

• being put on the spot/when I know people are watching
• high heels
• guys in skinny jeans
• that moment in church when you have to turn to the people around you, shake hands, & say "good morning"
• sharing my emotions
• babies & old people
• being wrong (which luckily doesn't happen very often)
• when someone announces their good news that isn't really good news ("we're expecting!")
• that puff of air in the eyeball test that the eye dr does

April running stats.

I ran a lot this month & it felt good. We had registered for a local race to benefit Bona Vista, which is why I was so adamant about putting miles in, but ended up canceling last minute. (It was cold!) 

Run distance: 27.24 miles (!!)

Run time: 3:13:59