The Biggest Loser

I'm participating in a contest over at Scrapbooks Deals 4 U called The Biggest (Scrap) Loser. It's a fun contest to lose your stash!!! We are supposed to use everything from our stash and each week is a new challenge. This is my week #1 entry. The challenge was to create a 1-page layout and use at least 4 of the following items: brads, buttons, ribbon, ink, number stickers, stickles, or 5 pieces of patterned paper. You also had to use at least 3 photos. And here is my entry! I used 5 pieces of patterned paper, ribbon, ink, buttons and stickles!!






The paper is by Cherry Arte and was in a kit I bought sometime last year. Felt good to open it and play a little bit!! And while I was at it, I also made 2 cards. WooHoo!!




Thanks for stopping by! I hope to using up more of my stash next week!!

A Little Tooooot!!!

So a while ago I sent in my application for the My Acrylic Album design team call. I didn't make the team...BUT I did get asked to be the Guest Designer for May! YEAH!! I was so excited to get that email!! I have no idea what they are going to send me to play with but I am really excited to get it. WooHoo!!! Here are a few projects I sent in for my application. I am seriously tickled pink that they picked me!!!!!!!



In other news...


My daughter thinks she's a supermodel!!! She was trying on new clothes after Christmas and seriously starting strutting her stuff like she was on the runway. Now, I did NOT tell her to do this. Or to put her hand on her hip. Or to look over her shoulder. She just 'knew' what to do. Should I be afraid??? LOL!!!

Green Tea Frapp...YUM!!

I love the Green Tea Frappuccinos at Starbucks and any other coffee place that makes them. They are so stinking good, but SO bad! 490 Calories, if you don't size up and get the big one. Which I do!! Hee Heee! But all is not lost because I discovered this wonderful site called Hungry Girl. This girl has re-worked all sorts of recipes to make them lower calorie and lower in fat. She's got a cookbook out that my neighbor has and it has some pretty great recipes. And the BEST news is she has a fix for my Green Tea Frapp recipe! AND her version is only 75 calories! Does that sound too good to be true? Well, I decided to test it out. Here's her recipe:

Ingredients:
4 oz. light vanilla soymilk
1 oz. Torani Sugar Free Vanilla Syrup

2 tsp. Coffee-mate Sugar Free French Vanilla powdered creamer
1 heaping tsp. matcha green tea powder
2 no-calorie sweetener packets (like Splenda)
1 1/2 cups crushed ice

2 tbsp. Fat Free Reddi-whip

The hardest thing to find was the sugar free vanilla syrup. I ended up locating some at Target, it isn't the brand she suggested but it's the same thing. You could probably find some at Beverages 'N' More, but I didn't have time to look there. I also ordered the green tea powder from Teavana and it was a bit pricey. But well worth it!! Her tip is to dissolve the powdered creamer in a bit of hot water before adding it to the blender.

I made this Green tea frapp this afternoon and it did NOT disappoint! It seriously tasted like the real thing!!! I ended up adding a bit more milk because it wasn't blending up that nicely. But it only added about 15 more calories, so well worth it. I think maybe a bit less ice would also solve this blendability problem. This drink is fantastic, delicious and I will absolutely be making it again!! Yeah for Hungry Girl!

Hello Cupcake!!!

This month's kit from Color Me Daisy is full of paper from Pink Paislee's Sweet Cakes line and paper from My Mind's Eye. Lots of great colors and cupcakes, plus sheer cupcake ribbon from Maya Road, Maya Road felt flowers, a great little butterfly and flourish stamp from MME, rubons, ricrac, AND a chipboard cupcake album from Maya Road!! What a great kit!
Here are my layouts.

I love this photo of my daughter on her 5th birthday.





I love taking self portraits of my hubbie and I. He doesn't exactly LOVE it, but he always tolerates it, at least!



I added some stickles to the butterflies and the top of that big fun cupcake!

Here are some of my daughter's favorite friends from Kindergarten! I cut the flowers and leaf on the cricut and added some Stickles.




And I had lots of fun playing with my new Cricut cartridges for these cards!







Thanks for looking!!! This kit was alot of fun to work with and I'm still playing with my Cupcake chipboard mini album. I'll share that when I'm finished!!!

Favorite Photo

This is one of my favorite photos from vacation, me and my sweet baby girl crafting at my scrap hutch. We were making thank you cards and had such a fun time together!!! I love spending one-on-one time with my kids, we don't get to do it that often. We all had a great vacation together!

It's baaaaaaack!!!

The reality show of reality shows. I cannot WAIT for the 3rd season of Rock Of Love with Bret Michaels. The first season, he tried to find love. It was obviously not meant to be. The second season, he tried to find love. Alas, it didn't work out again. But NOW he's going on tour with all the girls and is going to try to find love on the road, living on the tour bus. Can it get any better???? Who's with me on this one? I know you are, Beth!!! Hee Hee!!! Do you think he's going to find love this time? I can't wait to find out!!!
Starting this Sunday...check it out on VH1. You won't be disappointed. Because I seriously don't know where they find those girls.

Moments 2 Remember January Reveal!!

Wow, this kit was so fun to play with!! Cosmo Cricket's Chemistry line of paper plus chipboard embellies, flowers, ribbons and more!! Here's what I did with it.

Lots of Family Love: Here we all are, picking heirloom tomatoes at our local farm!!




I just LOVE that butterfly cut! I got a new Cricut cartridge from my SIL for Christmas called Indie Art and I am in love!!

This is my mom and my two kids. They love each other and have so much fun together. We only get to visit a few times a year, so when we get together it's a real treat!!




I heart U Transparency card. I cut a normal transparency to card size and had fun with it!





Hello card:



So Sweet treat holder. Inside is a small clear favor bag, could be filled with anything for a treat!



This is a super fun kit and would be a great addition to anybody's collection! But you must hurry, only 2 kits left!! Go check out Moments 2 Remember to get yours. Thanks for stopping by!