28 Candles Blog hop

I first want to appologize to Kimi for this being late.  I had set it up, or so I thought to post at 8am this morning.  I am not sure what went wrong,  but at last here is my project!  :)  Hope you have a fantastic birthday hop!

I am so excited to be involved in my first blog hop:)  We have a fantastic line up full of  28 wonderful crafty ladies, plus a pinch to grow an inch!  For this blog hop we were asked to create anything birthday related, so the sky was the limit.  If you just happened upon my blog and would like to start at the beginning with Lovebug Creations click HERE.  If you arrived here from Michelle  then you are right on track:)

For my project I have decided to do a 2 page birthday layout.

I hope you enjoy the rest of the hop and all of our creations.  Your next stop on the blog hop is with Sarah. 

The entire hop line up.....

Kimi & Pamela ~ http://lovebugcreations3.blogspot.com/
Missy ~ http://happystampindesigns.blogspot.com/
Tanya ~ http://scrappinkymomma.blogspot.com/
Michelle ~ http://www.scrappinwithmybug.com/
Laura ~ http://lifeasanarmywife-lauradietsch.blogspot.com/ <----- You are here
Sarah ~ http://www.pinkcricut.com/
Candace ~ http://papercraftsbycandace.blogspot.com/
Sarah W. ~ http://creatingmyfavoritememories.blogspot.com/
Kim ~ http://rickettscricuts.blogspot.com/
Liz ~ http://mywhichcraft.blogspot.com/
Zeni ~ http://scrappyzeni.blogspot.com/
Erin ~ http://spantastikreations.blogspot.com/
Anne ~ http://anniebeescraftroom.blogspot.com/
Gaby ~ http://www.gabycreates.com/
Karen ~ http://osebastian.blogspot.com/
Paula ~ http://www.owlbescrappin.com/
Martha ~ http://pattisscrapingtime.blogspot.com/
Dianne ~ http://diannesscrappycreations.blogspot.com/
Kimmarie ~ http://kimmarieskorner.blogspot.com/
Victoria~ http://victoriascraftycreations.blogspot.com/
Sonia ~ http://www.scraps4fun.com/
Lisa ~ http://prettypaperprettyribbons.blogspot.com/
Jennifer ~ http://kozfam5.blogspot.com/
Nicole ~ http://creationsbymommy.com/
Amy ~ http://amydesigns.blogspot.com/
Stacey ~ http://creatingacraftylife.blogspot.com/
Becky ~ http://beckscricards.blogspot.com/
Alina ~ http://neverstopscrapping.blogspot.com/
Haidee ~ http://created2bunique.blogspot.com/

I know it has been awhile since I have posted any new projects.  It seems that my creative mojo has been missing.  I hope to get back to scrapping soon :)  I am in a blog hop that is coming up here really soon.  I have my project done and I am getting anxious to share what I have made.  Please stop back to help me celebrate my good friend Kimi's 28th birthday!!!!!!

Hope that everyone can find time to hop along with us for this wonderful birthday celebration!  The hop will start at http://lovebugcreations3.blogspot.com/

St. Patrick's Day :)

With St. Patrick's day right around the corner, I saw it fitting to make a wreath to celebrate the holiday.  I was hopping around on the Shimmering Shamrocks Blog Hop yesterday and saw 2 very different, but equally cute wreaths.  These 2 wreaths inspired me to create my own spin on St. Patty's wall decor :) 

I started with a basic 14" wreath base

The straw was getting everywhere. So I decided to wrap it with green fabric.  I used a hot glue gun to adhere it to the wreath.

I picked up some green flower embellishments a while back, not sure what to use them on at the time.

Well they came very useful with this project :)  Here is a close up of the flowers I used.  They are from Prima Marketing Inc., came in a glass jar.  Iced Got Flowers?

 I used basic needles to attach the flowers to the wreath. And then I added some ribbon to finish it off :)

I am thinking about adding some more flowers to it, what do you all think?

Save the date!!!!!

Save the date for the 28 Candles Blog Hop!  Hosted by Lovebug Creations.  This blog hop is to celebrate Kimi's 28th birthday :)  We have a group of wonderfully talented ladies, who have all created beautiful birthday themed projects to share with you!  Come celebrate Kimi's 28th birthday with us April 16th-18th starting at 9am EST.   Hope to see you all there:)

Pastor's Birthday Card.

Our church is did a card shower for our pastor's birthday this past Sunday.  I thought I would share the card that I made for him :) 

Envelope



Outside of card

Inside of card

I hope that he enjoys it.  Have a good day everyone!

Wedding

I did this first layout a month ago.  After taking a gander at my blog, I feel like I needed to post another project.  I am away from home for the weekend and didn't bring my crafting supplies, so I was going thru my pictures on my computer and found that I never posted this one.

Matt and I were married on September 23rd, 2006.  This is the first layout that is in my scrapbook.

As I am new to this scrapbooking and blogging thing, I have decided to start our scrapbook with our wedding.  I have a lot to catch up on for sure!  I will be a very busy girl trying to catch up to 2011!!!

Hope you all enjoy my first page that I did :)

Cutting Spree!!!!

My cricut sure is getting the workout today:)  I'm not working on any specific project today, but I am on a cutting and piecing spree!  I am borrowing the "Paper Doll Dress Up" cart from a friend of mine.  So the plan is to cut out a ton of people in various colors, with the blackouts.   So far I have done an auto fill for 'white', tan, and dark brown.  15  3" people will fit on my 12x12 page.  So to do the math, I have cut out 45 black outs, 15 white, 15 tan, and 15 dark brown people!

Not only am I cutting all of these people out, I have also cut out hair, outfits, beards, shoes, and hats!  LOL  I do believe that my husband thinks I have lost my mind!  I just told him that I wanna cut out a bunch, since I never know when I may want to apply people to a layout or other project.

I have been wanting to purchase this specific cart for awhile now, but I never seem to have the extra cash around to get it.  So needless to say, I am prepared for what ever project that I may want to do involving people.  Even without having the cartridge at my full disposal!  Thank you Heather for kindly letting me borrow your carts :)