Think you are too old for camp???

Join us this summer at Camp Paradise!!!

All of the camp counselors over at Croppin' Paradise have been busy putting together a great scrappy summer camp for everyone this summer. There will be challenges and games and prizes and even a talent show at the end!! The challenges will be in catagories like campfire, mess hall, outdoor ed, camp spirit and more. You will not want to miss out on all the fun. Camp starts July 15th, so head over to the Croppin' Paradise message board to sign up.

Speaking of Croppin' Paradise, I had fun working with some Green at Heart papers by Basic Grey that are available right now in the store.


I popped up these hearts with pop dots for a little bit of dimension.


I also made a card...a thank you card, my default card! Hee hee!


I added some flowers from my stash and cut the flourishes on my Cricut.

What do you have planned for the holiday weekend? Our little town celebrates on the 3rd of July, so we will be seeing the fireworks tomorrow with friends and neighbors. I hope you have a great, fun weekend planned with lots of family, friends, fireworks and sweet cocktails. LOL!! Thanks for stopping by!

More Thank Yous

I tend to make lots of thank you cards. It's kinda like my card making default. Because you never know when you are going to need one, you know? And when I need one, it's usually immediately and then I don't have time to make one. So I like to have a stash of thank you cards. Here are a few i've made recently, using the Pink Plum papers from Crate Paper. I love this line!


I am really liking this 5x5 size lately. I bought some 5x5 sized envies from Papertrey Ink, so now I can actually send them. Anybody know if they need extra postage?? Since I like the first design so much, I used it again!


I just love the pink and orange and browns in this paper. I might need some more of it!! Hope you're having a good week so far. I am off to frost some cupcakes and then it's my Bunco night. Have a great night, everyone!!

Peanut Butter Oatmeal Sandwich cookies

I love peanut butter. Yes, I love it. Peanut butter paired with chocolate is even better, but just plain peanut butter will do just fine. I can remember scooping it from the jar by the spoonful when I was a kid. Great stuff! So when I ran across this recipe at Annie's Eats, I knew I was destined to makes these cookies....Peanut Butter Oatmeal Sandwich cookies.


A soft, slighty chewy oatmeal cookie on the outside and creamy, smooth peanut buttery filling on the inside. These were absolutely dreamy!!! And quite possibly the reason my skinny jeans are a little bit too snug.


The oatmeal cookie was really good on it's own, too. You could add cream cheese filling or maybe strawberry filling. But peanut butter is the best. There, I said it. Peanut butter rocks!!


I made these for a BBQ and I was sad they were all gone by the end of the night!! They are definitely on my to-bake list again. They were delicious. You should definitely give them a try!

Thanks for stopping by!!

Papertrey Princess Challenge

Hi Everyone! It's my turn to post a challenge for my Papertrey Princess group. This is a great group of girls who like to stamp and craft and blog and cook. We take turns posting challenges for each other and it's my turn. And I think i'm late...but better late than never!!

My challenge is to create a card with something IN THE AIR on it. You know...hot air balloons, owls, birds, clouds, butterflies, kites...something you will find in the air. Here is my example...and I know it's a card I made a while ago (and i've been out of town and have a million other excuses for not having a new card at the moment) but I just love these hot air balloon stamps!

I used the Man of the House papers by Bella Blvd. I actually made 2 cards using the same design.


All those In The Air embellies are the hottest thing around right now. So it's your turn to use one of them (or more than 1) on a card!! I can't wait to see all your cards, Princesses!!

Dream Big

Thursday is here...my first day back to work after vacation. And guess what? Tomorrow is Friday, yeah!! I need a weekend to recover from my 2 day work week, hee hee! I have some Pink Plum projects to share with you today. I had the joy of working with these papers this month for Croppin' Paradise. I love this collection from Crate Paper.


I used the glittered chipboard pieces and journaling pieces on this layout. Such fun embellies to go with this pretty paper!



These photos of my daughter are from a photo shoot I did last fall at an old ranch movie set. We had so much fun taking pictures, I want to get back there this summer. I used a photoshop action from Mindy Bush to make the photos black and white. I wish I had more time to play with photoshop! I love messing around with my photos.

Here are a few cards I made using the same papers. Again, using those great chipboard pieces!



Seriously, a girl can never have too many thank you cards on hand!! Thanks for stopping by today. I hope you have a fabulous Friday tomorrow!!!

Babies 2.0

Wow, coming home from vacation is tough. Tough getting back into the swing of things, tough finding clean underwear, tough waking up on time!! But we are back and had a great time on the East Coast. I finally got to meet my two nieces, Molly and Harbour. They are about 3 months old and just the cutest little things you will ever see. Do you want to meet them???

Here's Molly Rose...



And here's Harbour Rose:


And here they are with ginormous bows and flowers on their heads!!


It's really such a trip to see my sister with 2 babies. I mean, 2 of them!! It would be weird if she just had 1...but 2??? She and her hubbie are doing such a great job with them. They are really very happy babies, if they are fed and dry. Holding them pretty much makes the whole world right with them. And they are 'talking' and responding to toys and so bright eyed. I definitely did my share of holding them and playing. My daughter was absolutely smitten with them both!

We had a fabulous time in Maine and we also spent a few days in Boston, exploring the city and all the history. Oh, and drinking FREE beer at the Samual Adams Boston Brewery. You can't beat free pitchers of beer! I hope to catch up with all of your blogs in the next few days, I feel very out of the loop. I go back to work tomorrow, so reality will really hit me in the morning!

Thanks for stopping by, friends!!

Get messy with paint!

This month over at 3 Scrappy Boys the DT was challenged to use paint in an interesting way. I love to use paint on my layouts and I use it like ink...to paint the edges and give my layouts just a little extra something. But for the 3 Scrappy Boys newsletter, my paint technique was to create a painted frame.


I have an 11x11 piece of cardstock that I put on my background paper. For this layout, I used kraft cardstock as a base. I took some cream colored acrylic paint and painted around the 11x11 cardstock. I made sure to get some of the paint on the background kraft. I let it dry and created a new painted frame on my layout. Then, using the June Add-on kit from 3SB, I added my photos and paper and embellished!


I added a banner (I know, shocker!!) and some clouds that I cut on my Cricut and then stickled around the edges. The butterfly was in the kit, isn't it cool! I also added a big journal tag that I cut on my Cricut and I used the Thicker phrase stickers in the kit for my title.


It was so amazing to watch this sunflower grow over the summer last year. My daughter loved watering it and it grew waaaaay past our back wall. The kids would point to it while we were driving down the street! We even harvested and roasted the seeds. Very cool garden project!

So the next time you are stuck in a scrappy rut, reach for some paint and have some fun on your layout! Thanks for stopping by, friends!!