Scrap Stack Diving

Happy 3rd birthday to my youngest nephew!

I traced all the 3's with gold Spica. You can't see it in the photo, but it's obvious in real life. My nephew's learning his numbers and I know he'll pick them out.

Jake likes tractors right now. I am not a country girl and I had to go searching. This is the big scooper from Wee Tees. Colored in green it looks sort of John Deere-ish, so I went with it. On a dirt brown cake it works, right?

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Today I'm grateful for: time with my family, brief cooling rain, white wine, dark chocolate, my sweet nephew

Stamps: tractor from Wee Tees, Studio G numbers, TSOL cake2build

Paper: all scraps

Extras: Copic, Koh-i-Noor, Spica

A Teenager!

GAH! As of 4:06, I am officially a mom of a teenager. Thirteen years ago I met this amazing little person. Today he looks me in the eye, often sports a fauxhawk and his upper lip is fuzzy. The years have flown, but have been wonderful. Ty's still amazing and I love the man he's becoming.

For my young rocker:

The guitar is so detailed!

Very hard to see, but the black has a repeating guitar pattern.

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Today I'm oh so grateful for my MIT (man in training). He blesses my life.

Stamps: Gina K Designs Live Life Loud

Paper: All scrap stack

Extras: Versamark, silver sticky doodads from ???? (had them forever), numbers from Target $1 spot

New week, Newly inked

Our anniversary was last week. I made Scott two cards, both using new stamps. Yay, Me! Only....ah...ummm....a LOT left uninked. Let's not talk about that, though. Moving on.......

This one was waiting by his coffee cup in the morning, using the adorable Cuddles and Hugs.

This was the one I gave him at dinner, simple and to the point.

I love this sentiment. That Pooh Bear is so wise!

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Today I'm grateful for: pretty sunrise, fun pen with feathers, French press coffee, big purge in family room and much cooler weather!

Stamps: 1-Cuddles and Hugs 2-Verve Beautiful You

Extras: 1-ColorBox chalk ink in Burnt Sienna and Dark Moss, Archival Brilliance ink in Coffee Bean, Koh-i-Noor pencils and OMS 2-MS Double Loops punch

Two's a Ringer

One of my nephews turns the big 2 on Friday. Yay, Jake! Two is terrific and so is my adorable nephew....that's my totally unbiased opinion, of course. I get to see him Sunday. YAY!
I used Wee Tees, but trimmed the onesie down to be a ringer T because 2 is too old for a onesie. sniff He's a big guy now. Just for fun I put Jake's initials as the tag. That makes it a J. Crew-tee, right? lol

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Today I'm grateful for: my sweet nephew, time to play, veggie enchiladas, ice cold beer, laughs with the family at dinner

Stamps: Wee Tees, AmyR Stamps Big Words & Handy Additions for sentiment

Paper: Value pack

Extras: SU Brilliant Blue ink, MM 2 sticker

New week, newly inked

In May I won Wee Tees from Melanie Muenchinger's blog. Yes, I squealed. Then it arrived in the mail (signed!) with an adorable card from Mrs. M herself. Yes, I squealed again.

My daughter tried to steal it, but I snatched it back and this cuteness now sits on a shelf above my work table. Seriously {heart} this. The smileys are buttons with smiles drawn on. Genius, right???

Here's my first card using that sweet onesie:

I made it for my girlfriend's gorgeous new baby, Marlee.

It took some playing around with the dimensions to get the onesies in there, but I think the end result was worth it. It's hard to see in the photo, but the letters and heart are very glittery. All in all a very sparkly, very pink card for a beautiful new little lady.

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Today I'm grateful for: fun day playing new games with the kids, much cooler weather, McDonald's Mocha Mondays, pumpkin filled ravioli -yum!, and early morning not quite awake yet snuggles with my daughter