So Disappointed

This weekend I took TONS of photos! We had my husband's birthday, we went to the zoo, we played over at my in-laws house with tons of pics of the little one! I was really trying to work on my photography skills and I took tons of pictures. Well, last night I was going through and deleting some from my memory card and somehow or another I managed to delete them ALL. I was so disappointed. I hated having to tell my hubby that we just lost all of the pics from earlier that day. We had some really cute ones where the little one was pushing his play lawn mower through my in-laws yard and him peeking out of the big box their lawn furniture came in. Oh well, at least we still have the memories. And it's not like we don't have any other pics of the kid from earlier this week. I think I've learned that I'm not going to delete pics while the card is in the camera any more. I'll download them all first!!!

I know I promised to show pics of new artwork last week, but I don't seem to get on to blog as frequently as I think I will. So here is the Mother's Day card I made for my mom. My MIL's card is very similar, but uses Sillouhette paper instead of Whoops a Daisy from CTMH. The inside has a mini accordian album.

Here's a card that I made last week. I used only scraps from the Mother's Day cards I made. I've really enjoyed using scraps lately for cards. I feel like it justifies me buying new papers and it saves bigger pieces of paper for my scrapping, which I hope to do more of soon! The quality of the pics isn't great, but you get the idea. The colors are so much more vivid in person! Enjoy!

Happy Mother's Day!

I want to wish all of you out there a very Happy Mother's Day! Unfortunately, I didn't get to spend my Mother's Day with my mom, but I did get to spend it with my little one and my mother-in-law. We had a great day. At church today, our sermon was about "a complaint-free world." They gave us little bracelets to wear to be more concious of our complaints and to try to be complaint free for 21 days! That should be a challenge! I try to generally stay pretty upbeat and happy, but I know I complain more than I should. I have soooooo much in life to be thankful for. I challenge all of you to try to be complaint-free today (or tomorrow!). Imagine what a great world it would be if we all complained less!

Well, I was on a mad creative streak on Friday and will share pics tomorrow! Until then, I can't have a post without a pic of the little man! Here he is with Grandma and Granddad D. They sure do think the world of our little guy!

Finally, some cards!

I've finally taken some pics of the cards I've been working on lately. I bought some new Bella stamps a little while ago and I'm finally using them. Most everything else on the cards is CTMH and all of the paper is scraps! Yeah - way to use up my huge scrap pile!! Without further ado...

Stamps: Jammybella, Javabella, Teddybella (Stamping Bella), Say it in Style, Precious (CTMH)

Papers: CTMH B&T scraps, CS

Flowers - Cricut; Faux Dew Drops from Michael's; CTMH Colored Pencils; Gel Roller Pens;

Cuttlebug Embossing Folders

And here's a pic for my family! You've just gotta love his infectious smile!

I sure hope he never loses that!

A work in progress

Ok, so I'm trying to figure out how to make my picture a bit smaller and my title a bit more artistic. I'm working on it and promise a better looking blog soon! Also, I've been playing in my craft room and have some great new Bella cards to show! I will also have some new CTMH stuff soon (hopefully)! I'm hoping this blog will get me up to my craft room more often so I can relax and create.

I need to take some pics of my new creations, but until then, here's something that always makes me smile . . .

This is my little man on Pearl Street in Boulder, CO last week! As we were walking along, some guy said, "Hey, look at that kid in the Bill Cosby sweater." I could have died laughing. I guess he was a bit overdressed for the casual Boulder!!! :-)

Here it goes.....

My latest addiction has been blog surfing. After a few weeks of checking out some of my favorites, I've decided to create my own. I'm hopeful that it will give me a place to reflect after a long day, provide me with motivation to create and share the cards and scrapbook pages that are swimming in my head, and give me an outlet to connect to my friends and family that seem to get further and further away every day. Now as you can tell, run-on sentences are my forte, so bear with me! It's getting late now, but I promise to TRY to come back tomorrow to play some more. For now, here's my favorite new pic of my little man.

Here he is . . . pondering the significance of Easter (with a basket on his head!).