Poor Grasshopper

Couldn't decide on the title above or "Yuck". My sweet Kendall, dresses so girly, plays with toy dinosaurs and real bugs. Thats her totally. So this is a funny story that was so predictable yet we didn't see it.

My husband was outside grilling tonight(yummy fajitas and homemade guacamole) and he saw a grasshopper in the grass. We just watched "Bugs Life" this past weekend and there are grasshoppers as some of the main characters. So anyway he shows Kendall, turns around to get a cup and two seconds later, here comes Aydan walking through and just steps right on him. Not on purpose but the timing was just wrong. I thought she was going to cry. So Daddy puts him in one of our pots and tells her its dead. She just started understanding what that means. She wasn't upset, just kept asking Daddy if he was dead. Then the thing moves. So we have no idea if this ugly creature is still with us. Yuck!!


And I forgot to add that Aydan has those really wide athletic sandal type shoes. I surprised that he didn't flatten the poor sucker. These pics are of the victim after the incident.

My First TIme

...making a digital page that is. This is nothing too pleasing as far as my design is. But I'm helpless when it comes to photoshop. I've been reading here and there about digital scrapbooking from Jessica Sprague's books. You really have to practice. She also has some great video tutorials, which are a big help. The free kit used here is from Michelle Coleman of Little Dreamer Designs. Ozan was just telling me a second ago that I'm going to give up my mounds of scrapbooking stuff for digital. Um, NO WAY! Love my scrap supplies too much. TFL!

Oh, have to add that I wanted the title to say "Swing High" but for some reason, there wasn't an "h" in the kit.

Color Inspiration #12

Another inspiration challenge from Kristina. The colors this time are whisper white, so saffron, wild wasabi, and sahara sand. I have all colors for this, so that helped. Just got this Hero Arts tree stamp this week...so cute! I cut out some of the leaves from another stamped image and put them on some dimensionals to add some pop!

Supplies Used:

Cardstock, sentiment stamp, dimensionals,embossing plate, ink, background stamp: Stampin Up

Tree Stamp: Hero Arts

Paper Trim: Doodlebug

Border Punch: Martha Stewart

Ribbon: American Crafts

Glitter Glue: Stickles, Ranger

Silver Pearls: Mark Richards

Thanks for looking!

color Inspiration #11

Another Color Inspiration from Kristina Werner. This time the inspiration is from Ikea and the colors are Whisper White, Rose Red, Old Olive, So Saffron, and Going Gray. I have all the colors except Going Gray, so I substituted some Bazzill Bling. Yes, I cut a 1" square out of a full sheet of
12x12 paper...I didn't have a choice!

Anyway, Kristina recently made some small cards for her card club and I was inspired to do the same and to also use my Stampin Up mini envelope template.

This card measures 1 and 7/8" square. I embossed the KI lace paper with white embossing powder and added Hero Arts Prisma Glitter while it was still hot. I used my quickie glue pen to put it on but this is where I should have used my xyron. There are 4 layers of flowers on here. Pulled out the jump ring for the tag. Had fun with this.

Made a matching envelope from the Stampin Up mini envelope template. I suggest that you use a disappearing ink pen like the one I used.

Just to show you the size in comparison to my ipod...

Even made an envelope liner.
Supplies Used:
CS: Stampin Up
Textured CS: Bazzill
Lace Paper: KI Memories
Embossing Powder: Ranger
Gems and Glitter Powder: Hero Arts
Ink: Old Olive and Craft White from Stampin Up
Embossing Plates: Cuttlebug
Jump Ring and Stamp (Hi): Making Memories
Punches: Marvy
Ghost Flower: Heidi Swapp
Vanishing Ink Pen: American Crafts

A card Kendall made for Father's Day...love this. He even has 12 toes and a beard like he does...he doesn't have 12 toes, BTW.




My card for Daddy. Used mostly American Craft PP and chipboard. Stampin Up cardstock and Making Memories tag and circle cutter.


Hope you have a great Father's Day!

Tagged Again

I've been tagged by Staci, I think I'm supposed to tag some others but i will do that soon...not much time here:

I've been tagged by Staci
1. What is your occupation? Radiology Clinical Instructor/Technologist
2. What color socks right now? White, but usually its something bright and fun.
3. What are you listening to right now? silence
4. What was the last thing that you ate? McD cinnamon melt
5. Can you drive a stick shift? Nope.
6. If you could be a color what color would you be? Pink, but I guess I kinda am right now. LOL!
7. Last person you spoke to on the phone? My husband
8. Do you like the person who sent this to you? Yes, Staci always has nice things to say to me on my blog.
9. Favorite food? Gosh, where should I start! I’ll say popcorn
10. Favorite drink? Starbucks Iced Venti Mocha, no fat, no whip, 2 equal, and light ice. Was that clear enough?
11. What is your favorite sport to watch? Baseball or football. Football
12. Have you ever dyed your hair? All the time
13. Pets? Yellow Lab, and some fish
14. Favorite Author? No one in particular
15. Last movie you watched? Diary of a Mad Black Woman
16. Favorite Day of the year? Mother’s Day
17. What do you do to vent anger? Complain or spend some quiet time with myself scrapping.
18. What was your favorite toy as a child? Little People or Barbies
19. What is your favorite time of the year? Spring
20. Strawberry or Blueberry? Blueberry
21. Do you want your friends to participate? In what?
22. Who is most likely to respond? I’m not sure
23. Who is least likely to respond? I’m not sure
24. Living arrangements? House, husband, 2 kids, dog in the suburbs.
25. When was the last time you cried? Yesterday, I had a 2 year old patient, who was in bad shape, at work who looked like my son and they were ruling out severe child abuse.
26. Who is the friend you had the longest that you are going to tag? My friends, that I know in person, don’t blog. But Laura Vegas will be my other.
27. Who is the friend you had the shortest that you are going to tag? I'll think of one soon.
28. Favorite smell? New baby scalp
29. Plain, cheese or spicy hamburgers? plain
30. Favorite car? Nissan Quest, which I own
31. Favorite Quote or motto? “When no one else cares, my dog still loves me”
32. Number of keys on your key ring? Two
33. How many years at your current job? Seventeen
34. Favorite day of the week? Saturday
35. How many states have you lived in? 2: Indiana for 17 years and Illinois for 23 but lived in Chicago area my whole life.
36. Which political label most closely reflects your views? Don’t understand, don’t care. Hate politics...who's running again?
37. Worst injury you've ever had? Never had a severe injury. But I guess I would say when I fell asleep on a Texas beach for 3 hours and had to go to the hospital for 2nd degree burns.
38. What is your favorite book? I’m a magazine person.
39. What were you doing at 12:00 last night? R.E.M. Sleeping
40. What famous person, dead or alive, would you most like to meet? No one in particular

2 posts in one day

Daddy and Kendall went to the Cubs game, so Aydan and I had some Mommy/son time with each other. We hung outside, drew on the patio with chalk, had lunch. Then the little one went for his 3 hour nap and I got some much needed scrapping done.
I gotta add first that I ordered these prints from Walgreens and they do not come out well at all.

This first one is when Kendall was dressing up Aydan in funny clothes. She cracks me up...even funnier cause he lets her! Most everything is American Craft here. I used some of those foam AC tags for the journaling. I've had those forever but could never find a use for them.

Other supplies used:

{} chipboard: Rusty Pickle

Making Memories Brads and Paint

String

Cardstock: Bazzill

Mini Letters: EK Success

This next one is the real paper of Kendall writing her name for the first time. Her school gave it to me so I really appreciate it. The page uses some really old KI Memories paper. I wanted a quick page and I had the matching ribbon and stickers, so I went with it!

I wanted to use a black cs for the background and believe it or not, I don't own any! Weird. So I used this Raisin color from Bazzill. I like it. Its near black but has a dark purple/brown tint to it! For the journaling, I just stuck a bunch of stickers together in a row...should have used pop dots, but I was rushing!

Other supplies used:

Gem Stones: Hero Arts

Buttons: Autumn Leaves

Rub On: Doodlebug Designs

Ticket Corner Punch: Stampin Up

XL Photo Corner: Heidi Swapp

And here are some great photos of Kendall and Ozan at the game...

Funny cause its always like 20 degrees colder there. Aydan was playing in the sprinkler in his trunks and Kendall and Ozan were shivering in their light coats.

Color Inspiration #10

Another challenge for Kristina Werner's blog. Here is the inspiration:

and here is the card:

Colors are Old Olive, Bashful Blue, Whisper White, So Saffron, and Not Quite Navy. I don't have Not Quite Navy nor Bashful Blue so I substituted Bazzill for the Navy and the flower for the Bashful Blue:

This card is a 5x5 size...took a while to make!

Supplies used:

Cardstock: Bazzill and Stampin Up

Stamps: Stampin Up

Ink: Versamark, Stampin Up Craft White, and Ranger

Embossing Plate: Cuttlebug

Punches: Stampin Up and Fiskars

chipboard circle: Scenic Route

Flower: Bazzill

Acrylic Flower: Making Memories

Ghost Book Plate: Heidi Swapp

Stickles

Ribbon: Michaels

Mini Letters: Ek Success

Large Gem: Mark Richards

Small Gems: Hero Arts

Stampin Up Dimensionals