Aunt Elmo's World

..Blues Clues Valentine..

2012-02-12T20:53:00.000-05:00

I am loving my silhouette cameo! I made this Valentine card for Tobias this afternoon. He's on a super huge blues clues kick...only he calls her "arf" - he's mimicking her bark! So cute! I got the blue svg from Mardenz:DS blog. She has a TON of files there!

Back to more Valentine making!

~Brent's Valentine Day Card~

2012-02-08T20:55:00.000-05:00

It's been so long since I've been able to create and it sure felt good to put glue to paper again! I just got the new Silhouette and I am in LOVE! It cuts so fabulously! So here is my first card made with it!

Hope you all have a great Valentines Day! Hope to finish up a layout in the next day or two - so excited about crafting again!

..::Moose Card::..

2011-10-20T14:39:00.000-04:00

Here's a snow globe card I made using a moose pattern from Little Scraps of Heaven Designs. I love making them! I designed the snow globe in SCAL.

)the brown paper is not part of it - it's just used for contrast)

Hope you all have a great weekend!!

..::Real Witch::..

2011-10-09T22:25:00.000-04:00

I saw this cute wooden sign with a witch and this saying. I refused to pay 20.00 for it...cute but not THAT cute! I saw they had stencils on ebay to make the same sign I saw...10.00. Still not willing to pay that. I then remembered this awesomely cute paper I had from MME - Mishievious.. I loved that it had a Tim Burton feel to it and my oldest son is crazy about anything Tim Burton like! so I got to work on it and I think it turned out pretty cute! Tyler loves it too!!

Hope you all have a fantabulous week =)

..::Mom's Card::..

2011-10-04T08:09:00.002-04:00

This picture is awful...I forgot I didn't have the flash on and when I uploaded it - I had already sent it off..I do love this stamp tho...and my coloring is getting somewhat better..still have some learning to do!

..::Moms Paper Cake::..

2011-09-29T14:03:00.000-04:00

I made this little cake out of chip board / paper/ and an LED candle! I hope my mom will love it - she lives 350 miles away so I thought this would be the perfect birthday cake!! I've asked for help making an svg file of the cake because mine is awful or I'd offer to share the file..

Hope you all have a great weekend!

..::Card for my Dr. ::..

2011-09-19T20:43:00.000-04:00

My Dr. is having a lumpectomy and I wanted to make her a little card to let her know we are thinking of her. She's such a great Dr and really works hard to take care of ppl not only at work but in her personal life as well. Really great woman and I am praying she won't need chemo. At any rate - here is her card. This time I used paper from Echo Park. Not the best card by any means but I hope it put a smile on her face.

..::Tobias' First Halloween::..

2011-09-18T13:08:00.000-04:00

I decided to make some scrap pages to display for the holidays. This cute little monkey paper piecing is from Beary Sweet Designs - LOVE her work! I designed the bat circle and the title is from Happy Haunting cartridge. Paper is Haunted by My Minds Eye. LOVE their paper!! My new fave even!

I think I'm finding a new balance and I hope to get more done now!! Hope you all have a fantabulous week!!
Sherry

~~ Belles N' Whistles ~~ card

2011-08-22T14:23:00.001-04:00

I decided to try a digi stamp and wow...I'm impressed!! The digi image is Rachel, Little Angel I colored her with ProMarkers and the paper is from Bo Bunny Crazy Love Collection. I made the flowers!! They are rolled flowers from Flower Shoppe. Sorry the picture isn't so great it's from my iphone - the real camera is upstairs and well I just have no time anymore!

`*` click Rachel's name to go to the site

..::Prince Charming::..

2011-07-11T21:12:00.000-04:00

I really like the way this one turned out! It started out being a scrap page for Tobias' rocking chair and then my brother convinced me to try and sell on ebay...so...this is my first and most likely last attempt at that - I simply don't have the time! We shall see...

I hope you all are enjoying summer and staying as cool as possible!

::King of Cute::

2011-06-22T11:12:00.001-04:00

A layout I made using paper piecing from Little Scraps of Heaven. These pages are 8x8 and were made for a little baby that was born needing a heart transplant. Halfway through the making of the pages - he passed away. I just can't imagine...

I hope the mom finds comfort in the scrapbook(s) everyone has pulled together to make for her/him.

..::Dragonflies::..

2011-06-07T11:19:00.000-04:00

I LOVE the way these turned out!!! I got the idea from Penny Duncan Creations - the dragonfly is her cut file. I had so much fun making these and I think they look so real! Check out Penny's site - such cool files and how to's there!

Have a great week!

..::All American Boy::..

2011-05-29T00:57:00.000-04:00

A layout I did of Tobias last summer. I used a sketch from sketchabilities - not crazy about this layout but it was good to be in the paper and glue again! I used lots of cartridges - Graphically speaking and April Showers to name a few.

Hope you all have a great Memorial Day weekend and stay safe!!

..::Cherish Love::..

2011-05-22T00:04:00.000-04:00

I love this layout. I love this picture! This is a layout of my Great Aunt and Uncle. Takoda Lee is named for my Uncle. He was the best man I will ever know. I wish my boys could of known him. So grateful to have found my Aunt on Facebook and that she shared this photo with me. It is one of the things on my to grab list if the house were to ever go up in smoke....honestly. Grab the boys, Grab my photo. I used my E2/gypsy for every single cut.

Hope you all have a great weekend!!

..::T-shirt!::..

2011-05-18T01:37:00.000-04:00

I wanted to try making a tshirt with my imagine and it worked! I do see why you have to cut each thing out - but this was a trial run! I think it turned out cute!! I used the Country Carnival cartridge for the letters...trying to decide if I want to add something else...

Hope you all have a great Wednesday!!

..::Sweet Dreams:..

2011-05-17T11:58:00.000-04:00

Not my favorite layout at all - actually it's probably my least favorite ever - but time is limited and I don't have time to keep redoing it. I do like the sheep - I covered them in flower soft to help give them a wooly look. My baby was so very little none of his clothes even fit him. That sure didn't last long lol!

Hope you all are doing well - off to make some cards and hopefully get them in the mail today! (if the past is an indication - they'll be at least a month in the making - time...time is just not my friend with a 2 year old and a 2 month old!!)

Happy Crafting!

..::Grandmothers::..

2011-05-13T14:54:00.000-04:00

I posted this once already and apparently it didn't work!! This is a layout of my grandmother and my great grandmother (mother in law/daughter in law) I love this photo! The only thing I wish I had done differently was to use pearls vs. diamonds. I might change the butterflies a little too not sure yet. At any rate it was so nice to get this finished! I'm not good at girlie layouts!!

Now I just have to figure out why my E2 is not cutting thinner bazzill paper - I wasted an entire sheet trying to cut the word "beautiful" and ended up having to use the original E to cut it...not happy about that!

Hope you all have a great weekend!!

..::Puppet Theater::..

2011-04-16T21:15:00.000-04:00

Tyler wanted to make Tobias a puppet theater for his 2nd birthday (which is tomorrow) so Brent got busy with the technical end of things and I got busy with the cricut and Tyler painted and mod podged all the cut outs onto the wood. We ordered him Elmo, Cookie Monster, and Grover hand puppets to go along with it. I can't wait to see what fun comes with this!!

..::My favorite picture::..

2011-03-23T21:09:00.002-04:00

..::Brothers::..

2011-03-13T12:07:00.000-04:00

I love this picture of Tobias and Takoda. Tobias loves his little brother but only when he has to - only if he's confined in a little space with him. He calls him "KoKo". How cute is that? Here they are the first time they ever met...I love this picture.

March 1, 2011

..::Takoda Lee::..

2011-03-04T12:07:00.000-05:00

Not much time to tell the whole birth story at the moment but someday soon when I feel much better and can I will share that horrifying experience...until then...Welcome my newest little man Takoda Lee. Our only blond haired child! Who saw that coming? Not me! Although I should of probably considered it a possibility! How precious is he?

February 28th, 2011
11:28 pm

6lbs 11oz.

Some of Takoda's Baby Book

2011-02-21T22:43:00.000-05:00

Trying to get everything in place...almost finished with his baby book!! Here are a few pages from it.

Hope you all are having a great week!

..::Birth Announcement::..

2011-02-15T20:17:00.001-05:00

This is such a bad picture that I'll repost it when I get a good one - but I'm excited at how they turned out. Only the grandparents will get one with flowers the rest will just be flat - I can't afford all that special shipping! The baby is a Magnolia stamp of course! Colored with ProMarkers and rock candy stickles on the wings. When I repost the picture I'll include a shot of the inside. I rolled the flowers from white cardstock then chalked them blue and sprayed with Perfect Pearls mist. They have a faint silver glimmer to them.

Hope you all are having a great week!

..::Monkeying Around::..

2011-02-14T13:50:00.000-05:00

I am trying so hard to find the energy to make things. I NEED to make things, but the energy is missing or the pain is so intense I can't walk so I do a lot of sleeping or sitting. So ready to have my body back to myself! I just want to be mobile again! Should be another weekish and I will get to meet my littlest man...I'm excited and scared all at the same time. I've never had two little LITTLE ones at one time. Tyler and Trever are 3 1/2 years apart. Then of course Trever and Tobias are 10 years (still shocks me) apart! I will have 2 under 2!! I can do this right?

Here is a layout I've been working on for weeks (lol - so sad really but you do what you can when you can!) Tobias got this Monkey last Valentines Day and he loves him still! He's getting a new one today as soon as daddy goes and gets his treat and balloon!

Also adding a picture of Tobias' first shiner. He always fights with his little tykes stove and well...the stove won.

Hope you all are having great weather! I can't enjoy it like I want to but I'm rather loving the sunshine!!

..::Brent's Valentine Card::..

2011-01-23T00:41:00.001-05:00

I'm suppose to be doing very little...that gets boring fast. So I decided creating has to be good for my health! I'll just sit in the chair with wheels and roll myself around the room - no walking right? At any rate here is the card I made for Brent so far. It just feels unfinished to me...

The stamp is a Unity Stamp I picked up at Archivers. I just thought it was so cute! I used Glossy Accents on the boots, umbrella, and the little hearts. I think it's cute but missing something - so we'll see!!

Hope you all have a great weekend!! Hope to make something more soon!

..::Birthday Card::..

2011-01-11T13:25:00.000-05:00

I love elephants! (and monkeys) so I could not resist making this card for a friend! (She should have it by now for sure so I figured it was safe to post) I also love the little kid sayings stamps and when they were on sale at Hobby Lobby I couldn't resist that either!

Hope you all are having a great week! I'm very tired lately and having a mojo missing week :( I hope to make something today!

..::Berry Sweet::..

2011-01-08T15:18:00.000-05:00

Do you ever feel like if you don't create something you're going to stop breathing? I had felt like for the past two days and just could not get anything to work out! So last night at 4 am..FINALLY! a layout fell together. I finished it up today with some butterflies and flowers. I'm pretty happy with the end result!

The green border paper is a cut file from Heather M's blog- if you've never been there...check it out. She does amazing work!! This is an intricate cut and does require sturdy paper!

I think this did a great job at capturing Tobias' love for strawberries! They are probably his favorite food. For Christmas this year my mom got him the cutest strawberry ornament to memorialize his strawberry love!

Hope you all have a great weekend! I've got a few more projects planned!

..::Catrina's::..

2011-01-06T20:04:00.000-05:00

I can't believe I never posted these!! Tyler and I were reading about the Day of the Dead. It was interesting and we decided we wanted to make our own Catrina's. After I made it I had no idea what to do with it so I gave it to Bub. He hung it in his room. I made all the flowers on her head and the spider webs and spider are all cricut cuts. The skulls are also cricut cuts but I changed my eyes to rain drops and played with them a little to get the shape changed up. It was so much fun for a project just on a whim!

..::A few Tobias Christmas Photos::..

2011-01-02T22:49:00.000-05:00

Poor baby was so overwhelmed by Christmas. In the first photo he's doing his normal morning routine and looking to see who left what out that he can hurry and get before we notice. It was a good 15 minutes before he even noticed the gifts behind him...In the second photo he's finally discovered the giant monkey that wasn't wrapped in an effort to help his curiosity. And in the third photo he's discovered a way to get out of doing all the work of unwrapping!

My poor tree has never looked so horrible. Tobias really did a number on it this year - from stealing and hiding ornaments (I just found one in his bed yesterday! WHAT?!) to stealing my wooden "cranberries" and making himself a pull cord for his big truck...To top the tree nightmare off - he took the tree down the day after Christmas...luckily he wasn't hurt but we put it away that night!

Hope you all had a great Christmas and you all have an even better New Year!!!

*Huggles*

.::The full layout::..

2010-12-21T19:14:00.002-05:00

I just can't get a good enough picture of the icicles. They look so real in real life! I can't wait to do more with them. I don't know where I got this poinsettia file...but it sure turned out cute. I don't care for poinsettias so that's saying a lot!

Have a great Tuesday!!

..::Christmas Layout::..

2010-12-20T23:22:00.003-05:00

I worked on this for what seems like forever. Everyday I stared at it with no idea what I wanted to do with it. Today it all just fell right into place. I designed the icicles in SCAL. Cut them out with Acetate and stickled them. BAD idea! Once dry the stickles flaked right off!! I stickled them again and covered them in Judi Kins Diamond Glaze. PERFECT!! Here's a little piece of the layout. Full picture tomorrow when I can take it outside. I had to scan this bit just to get it too look right...ugh!

..::Super fast Christmas cards::..

2010-12-20T12:12:00.002-05:00

I'm such a procrastinator! No matter how soon I get started so I'm ahead of the game - I somehow end up a last minute mailer...every single year! UGH!!!!

I did add some stickles to the snowflakes after having taken the picture and it really looked not as simple. I just love that Santa stamp!

Hope you all have a great week! I will be wrapping and baking mine away!!

..::Tobias' Christmas Tree::..

2010-12-18T15:22:00.002-05:00

When the big boys were little I always decorated a tree and put in their rooms. I was so excited to do this for Tobias too! Last year he had all baby stuff on his tree and his topper was a baby bottle. So cute. This year tho...that wouldn't quite fit. So! I decided to make his ornaments with my cricut and decorate his tree in his favorite "Mo Mo". Can you believe we didn't have any red lights here?! I had to get them on Ebay and pay 8 dollars for 35 lights!! YIKES!! All in all I think it turned out pretty cute. I used Sesame Stree Friends, Elmos's Party and Sesame Street Font.

Have a good weekend!!

..::Christmas Card::..

2010-12-08T19:29:00.002-05:00

I made this card for a dear friend and her family. She has cats and loves them and her Don loves to fish so what better card could there be?! I think it turned out pretty darn cute!!

~*~ Tobias had his surgery today. It went very well. The Dr. could NOT find ANYTHING unusual once he got in there except a muscle seems to be thickened and he's thinking that is whats causing the knot. I need to speak with Tobias' Dr. and just make sure this matches up with the sonogram where they confirmed the lymph node and then I'll be happy this nightmare is over and it turned out to be NOTHING!! ~*~

Hope you all have a great evening!!

..::Tobias Baking::..

2010-12-06T23:38:00.002-05:00

Just wanted to share a photo of my baby "making" (more like eating) his first batch of cookies. He tasted a bit of everything but he loved the brown sugar (EWW!) the most and his face is just priceless when it comes to the chocolate chips! Over look his jammies he just had a nap and I promise they do fit him...his belly hangs out because Bub was helping him stand on the chair.

..::Snowman Ornament::..

2010-12-06T15:44:00.002-05:00

I decided to take my snowman and make him a snow globe too!! Tobias Zadoc loves his Elmo so this is his ornament. I can't wait to show him when he wakes up!!

..::Mom's Christmas Card::..

2010-12-05T21:03:00.003-05:00

Not my favorite one...It seems plain and I'm not sure why...any how this is one is for my mom. I'm going to make one more...and then I'm done.

I've made a layout of Trev when he was little and playing in snow and made a snow globe ...it looks pretty cute!! Will post that tomorrow probably!!

Have a great week!

..::New Snowglobe Card::..

2010-12-04T15:02:00.004-05:00

OK maybe I'm becoming addicted...

My brother and nieces and nephews really like getting my cards (yay!) So this one is for them. I hope they'll love it. It's my favorite so far!

I added the green background one...I'm not sure if it shows it off better or not :-S I need to stop playing and make dinner!

Happy Saturday!

..::Our Angel::..

2010-12-03T22:20:00.002-05:00

I shed a lot of tears making this layout. My mom's boss' daughter's 6 year old daughter was diagnosed with brain cancer a month ago and she passed away Wednesday night. I just can't imagine and it's so horrible to think about. They are donating a tree and ornaments in the little girls honor to the Ronald McDonald house and taking pictures and making a scrapbook. This page will be the first page in the scrapbook. I hope I never have to make another page like this one...

Hug and kiss your little ones because tomorrow isn't promised...unfortunately.

Hope you all have a good weekend.

..::Santa Baby::..

2010-12-01T11:07:00.003-05:00

These are last years Christmas pictures of Tobias Zadoc. He LOVED the Christmas tree and is always so cooperative with the camera...too much sometimes even! I used one of Beggahuna's sketches. I LOVE her work! (click her name and it will take you to her sketchs) and the paper is My Minds Eye.

Hope you all are having a great week!

..::New Snow Globe Card::..

2010-11-29T14:35:00.003-05:00

I got the supplies in today for my new snow globe card!! I love the little reindeer from Create a Critter and couldn't wait to try him out. I was disappointed to learn in order to emboss on clear anything it has to be transparency FILM. Which I do not have! UGH! But I made do with the puffy velvet and acetate for now. I think it turned out pretty cute!! I couldn't get a good photo so I just scanned it for now. It should be open a little.

Hope you all have a fantabulous week!

..::Snowmen::..

2010-11-28T20:34:00.004-05:00

Not sure what I'm going to do with these yet. They could be ornaments or they could go on a card or they could be tags...oh the possibilities! I designed them in SCAL and cut them from chipboard. I then used Tim Holtz (I think I'm forming an addiction here...) distress crackle paint. I let that dry and then I put just a tad vintage photo distress ink over them. I then used my Peachy Keen snowmen face stamps to make the face. The first snowman I made I used momento ink to stamp the face. NIGHTMARE! It blurred all over. I then used Staz-On and while it didn't stamp as dark as I wish it would of I was able to go over it with a black pen. I colored the nose in with my orange Zig marker. Distress inked the ribbons and that's pretty much it. I think they turned out very cute!!

Again if anyone would want the files in SCAL just let me know!

Hope you all have a great week!!

..::Dear Santa::..

2010-11-27T20:31:00.003-05:00

When I seen this pattern I knew exactly why I HAD to have it!! One morning I woke up and something smelled so good! I didn't think much of it and proceeded to get out of bed and head to the bathroom. On the way I have to pass Tobias' bed. His bed looked odd...the cherry wood was gray! I then realized my baby boy resembled something close to Casper. It all started adding up...he was able to reach the baby powder off his dresser and had a grand time decorating his bed and himself...I didn't think we'd EVER be done cleaning that up! Silly boy! Thank God he was breathing OK, I was worried about his having inhaled all that!!

The pattern is from LSHD except the stocking is from Christmas Cheer, the coal I made in SCAL and the file folder and font I made in SCAL.

Hope you all have great weekend!!

..:: Snow globe card::..

2010-11-25T21:40:00.002-05:00

Hope you all had a fantabulous Thanksgiving! Ours was quiet and yummy!

I found a video on you tube showing how to make this very cute card. While I wait for the right supplies to come in I decided to try with what I already had. It's far from perfect but it's so cute and clever!! I did make a cut file for the globe in SCAL if anyone wants, just let me know and I'll be happy to share.

I will have a layout to share tomorrow I hope. Just waiting to get my pictures printed! (hope Santa brings me a new printer!)

Have a great weekend!!

..::An "old" Christmas card::..

2010-11-23T19:56:00.002-05:00

I ordered my first set of Tim Holtz stamps. I was intimidated by them for a long while. I'm not crazy about this card by any means but I do so love that I made this card out of all white cardstock to start with!!! Inking is addictive! I embossed the sheet music to give it shine and inked my ribbon to try and make it look old. Not bad for a first attempt but I definitely won't be giving it to anyone!!

Hope you all have a great Thanksgiving!!

..::Kids Thanksgiving Card::..

2010-11-22T12:11:00.003-05:00

I made this card for my nieces and nephews. The turkey is a pattern from LSHD. Love her work. I had to put this together real fast as it takes 3 days to get to them and for some reason I totally lost track of time. So when I realized it was now or never I had to get right to work! I think it turned out OK for a hurry!

Hope you all have a great week and a great Thanksgiving!! We are staying home this year and having a big dinner, movies, just good old fashioned family time. Surgery is 2 weeks away and I'm trying so hard to keep it together. Hoping Thursday we can just enjoy the day!

..::Kids Christmas Cards::..

2010-11-18T19:20:00.002-05:00

I made these for some of my nieces and nephews. I do not like the reindeer one and don't think I'll use it. It just isn't cute! I do love the Santa one tho! I used patterns from myscrapchick.com and right now they are having a 65% off sale!! WOoHoO!!

Hope you all have a fantabulous Friday!!

..::You Warm My Heart::..

2010-11-14T15:45:00.001-05:00

Been working on this all week. FINALLY got to finish it today!!
Patterns are from Treasure Box Designs. LOVE her stuff!!

Hope you all have a great Sunday and week!!

..::Bub's Birthday Card::..

2010-11-13T21:54:00.002-05:00

Very hard to believe my baby is 16!! I wanted his card to match his present and this was the only beagle cut file I could find, so he got a Christmas birthday card. I tried to make Mavis. I think it turned out cute. The red ribbon on it is the ribbon we tied on Mavis the day she came home.

I got the cut file from Dana's Designs.

She has some cute stuff so be sure and check it out!!

Hope you all are having a great weekend. We all had the stomach flu!! YUCK!!

..::A little Hiatus::..

2010-11-10T22:10:00.002-05:00

I am working on some things but nothing ever gets finished. There is way too much going on at the moment. Tobias has to have surgery to have an enlarged lymph node removed, Tyler got a beagle puppy for his birthday, Brent broke some ribs, ...I could go on..

In the meantime I wanted to share a precious picture of Tyler and Miss Mavis. He got Mavis as a surprise 16th birthday present. He was floored. I think it was love at first sight tho...he's laughed a zillion times over this silly clumsy puppy and it's so very good to hear.

Hope you all have a great week and I hope to have something posted soon.

..::Happy Halloween!!::..

2010-10-31T11:40:00.002-04:00

Tobias Zadoc October 30, 2010

::Gift::

2010-10-20T20:40:00.003-04:00

I wanted to make something for the lady that Tyler works with twice a week. The end of this month she'll close the store for the season and Tyler is really not looking forward to that. He really likes being with her and learning from her.

I wanted to make her a little something so I made this layout of him and her and then I framed it. It's not the best job ever but I have had some serious issues with walking and couldn't spend the time I would of normally on it. I think it still turned out OK!

Hope you all are having a great week :)

..::I heart you::..

2010-10-05T15:31:00.004-04:00

I worked on this card for a few days. I just couldn't figure out what I wanted to do. I think it came together nicely today tho!!

Coloring with ProMarkers - I think I might be getting the hang of them!
paper is Cosmo Cricket
Flowers are prima mini roses
and the stamp of course is Magnolia! I'm forming a very unhealthy addiction to those!

Hope you all have a great day!

..::Witch Tilda easel card::..

2010-10-04T14:38:00.003-04:00

I made my first ever easel card. I like how it turned out. I used my ProMarkers to color it.
I've had a very busy weekend and will visit blogs this evening I hope!

Hope you all have a fantabulous week!

..::Fall Tilda::..

2010-09-23T12:40:00.002-04:00

I accidentally bought this stamp thinking it was a witch but I love it anyways!! I used my promarkers which I hated at first. I never used markers and was sure I'd never get the hang of it! But, I think with time and patience I'll do fine.

I cut the leaves and acorns from Mickey and Friends cartridge.

Happy first day of Fall!!! I love this time of year...now someone just remind Mother Nature that 97 degrees is NOT Fall like!!! UGH!

Have a great Thursday!!

..::Cards::..

2010-09-20T12:17:00.006-04:00

I added to my moms card. I put jewels on the end of the antennae and I added the stamped "I love you". I also added jewels inside but forgot to take a picture of that!! DUH!

I made both the boxes for them. My mom's was the first box I made so hers ended up with patterned paper on the bottom ugh! And it was my last sheet...so no fixing that!! I also made the roses out of mulberry paper.

The blue card is a card I made for Bub's teacher. I decided the pink and green one from earlier looked cheap and I didn't care for Brent's shading on the stool. It looked messy I guess.

I'm finally starting to get over this cold (I hope!) Maybe life will return to normal sometime in the near future!!

Lots of blog catching up to do!!

Have a great week!! :)

..::Magnolia Cards::..

2010-09-17T15:58:00.004-04:00

Not sure what I'm doing with these yet. The purple one will be my mom's birthday card - she loves purple- the others...not sure yet! I made all the flowers except the purple ones. The pictures didn't turn out so well I need new batteries like yesterday! I think I'm off to have a nap...I still don't feel well. Horrible cold I have!!

Have a great weekend!!

..::Thank You Card::..

2010-09-14T12:17:00.002-04:00

I ordered my first ever Magnolia stamps and I can't wait to get the rest of them!! My uber husband drew the seat and I scanned it and cut with SCAL. It's very simple but I am so sick I can't stand myself so simple was good enough for me!

Hope you all are having a fantabulous week! I am going to try my hand at a fancier Tilda card!!

..::Anniversary Card::..

2010-08-28T13:31:00.002-04:00

My little brother and his wife just celebrated their 1st Anniversary yesterday and of course I had to make a card!! It was so much work with tearing and computer crashes...I think I cut the people out 7 times all together. OI! Before I sent it off I added some pearls to the woman's neck and wrist and the saying at the bottom of the card. All in all I think it turned out OK!!

Hope you all are having a great weekend. It's been crazy busy here with some of the craziest things happening. You couldn't make some of this up!

..:: Birthday Party::..

2010-08-10T12:21:00.003-04:00

I finally got around to scrapping some of Tobias' first Birthday! I still have to add the journaling and do a few more pages. I struggled with this a great deal and I'm not sure why. It didn't turn out like I had pictured it but at least it's done!!

I used patterns from Myscrapchick and Little Scraps of Heaven.

2 more days until school starts :( I'm having such a hard time with it this year. It's hard to feel like you're sending your children into the lions den each day...I really hope this year is different.

Hope you all have a great week.

..:: Monkey Cards ::..

2010-08-08T00:52:00.002-04:00

I haven't felt much like scrapping for the past month. I'm still shocked it's been that long. I'm discouraged with Provo Craft. For many reasons. I love my cricut I just don't like the way they are choosing to promote carts, machines, what have you. I really don't like the way they chose to separate us either. The cricut circle I mean. All this time I thought my dollar was just as good as the next persons. I spose I was wrong. I don't know. It's something I think about a good deal.

At any rate...here are some cards I made this evening. The monkeys are from MYSCRAPCHICK junglezootoo. It's a very cute set. My cards are simple. I don't have any mojo :( Just got some pictures developed so hopefully that helps.

School starts this week. Can't believe summer is over. :(

Hope you all have a great weekend!!

..::Out of this World::..

2010-07-08T12:31:00.002-04:00

I've been waiting and waiting to get the Robotz cartridge! When Bub was little he was obsessed with Robots. He still is to a certain degree...only now he wants to build them from more than just legos. When I seen this cartridge I knew this was the ONE cartridge I HAD to have. It came this morning and me and Bub got right to work.

Here's our first of many!

Hope you all are having a fantabulous week!

..:: Is Frustrated! ::..

2010-06-29T22:42:00.002-04:00

I always loved to read the cricut boards...inspiration, enabling, etc etc. Now it's like watching paint dry trying to get into the boards. Ridiculous! I've sent in the questionnaire about their "maintenance" and still it's been like 2 months of wait 3 minutes for a page to load. Totally discouraged and lost :( Where to lurk now :(

OK back to your regularly scheduled program...

..:: Princess Layout::..

2010-06-25T16:00:00.003-04:00

I made this layout for some pictures of my niece. I think it turned out OK. Boy was it difficult making a girl layout! OI!

Hope you all have a great weekend!!

..::What I'm Working On::..

2010-06-19T23:32:00.002-04:00

I want to make something girly. I have no girls but I had to have these faces from myscrapchick and so now I have to make something pretty! I don't like the cut outs of the printed bits. So I cut it myself with my cricut and highlighted and shaded as needed. I think she's looking pretty princess like! Now to brainstorm the layout... The picture of course is way lighter than the real thing but it's the best I can do with no sun!

Hope you all are having a great weekend. We are melting here again!!

..::The Pampered Chef::..

2010-06-16T12:54:00.001-04:00

Brent HAD to get Tobias a stove. He played with his cousins stove and loved the opening and closing of doors so we set out to find him a stove. Oh my word, you would of thought we were shopping for a new car. We found a lot. Brent hated every one of them. Each one he didn't like the door. I found a garage sale on craigslist with a kitchen stove set. I e-mailed and asked if she'd consider selling before the sale...YES!! She would! So...Tobias got the stove of Brent's dreams for...*drum roll* 5.00!!! I could not resist scrapping this. I've got to come up with a journaling tag..I have a plan but not sure yet.

Hope you all are having a fantabulous week! We are melting here!~

..::H2OH baby! ::..

2010-06-08T21:06:00.001-04:00

Trever and Tobias swimming last week! I love love love these pictures. Trever has a hard time connecting with Tobias and this was just so special. Tobias' first time in the water and Trever loved feeling responsible (dad and I were RIGHT there) and he loves water so he was so in his element and I do believe Mr. Tobias is going to love it as much as Trev! Ducks are from myscrapchick of course! I used Thickers for the title...I'm not sure it's easy enough to read.

Hope you all are having a great week!!

..::King of Cute::..

2010-06-06T23:51:00.003-04:00

I really like this design but am ready to move away from it for now! Last one this way! This is a picture of Tobias...5/5/2009 - 3 weeks old and he rolled from his back to his side! Precious little man he is! Patterns are from Myscrapchick.com You can't see the crown real well but it has jewels in it. I think it turned out OK!

..::Brent's Birthday Card::..

2010-06-06T21:43:00.002-04:00

I used a pattern from Little Scraps of Heaven Designs and designed my own clouds in SCAL out of pure laziness! It was a fast card but I think it turned out cute.

Changing My Blog Name

2010-06-06T10:22:00.002-04:00

After some thought (not very much) I've decided to change my Blog name. My niece, who is such a sweetie and I wish daily lived near me has called me Aunt Elmo since she was 3 or 4. She's 10 now and I'm still Aunt Elmo...

Soooo in honor of my sweet girl, I am changing my blog name to Aunt Elmo's World! How cute right?!

..::Purrfect Pals::..

2010-05-29T22:34:00.002-04:00

I made this layout for my niece. She is 8 and they've just adopted two kittens. One orange and one black! Very cute they are. I hope she'll love this. I've asked her mom to pick her up a frame for it. The photo will slide under the words. I think I might add some flowers...I'm so use to doing boy layouts I forget I can get girly!!

Hope you all are having a great weekend!

..::FuNnY fArM::..

2010-05-26T22:16:00.002-04:00

Here is the layout all finished up!! I am so pleased with it!!!!! I might attempt page 2...not sure tho! This was a lot of work! The little paper pieced mouse is so small! BUT the hardest piece was...the pig!! Yes the pig! I could NOT get it to look right! The picture is horrid...will take a new one tomorrow!!

Have a GREAT rest of the week!!!

..::Trying to get back to "normal"::..

2010-05-25T19:16:00.003-04:00

It's been a rough week + but I'm fighting way back into the everyday life. I have never in my life felt so horribly bad about a situation where I knew no one involved. I wish I wasn't so "overly sensitive" ...If only I had a penny for every time someone called me that...My heart is just broken for these babies...I know God has a plan...I just can't see what that is just yet...

At any rate, I'm working on some new paper piecings. I seen the cutest layout on ebay by craftyemg and just have to scraplift the concept! I can't imagine who would pay so much for a layout but this woman is the champion of selling them high...hundreds of dollars high even! Check out some of her work on her ebay profile.

So here is what I have done so far...I think the cow is the cutest little thing ever! It's all cut with SCAL...can you believe the cows collar is a moon?!

Hope you all are having a great week and please please please don't miss the chance to say I love you...

..::More Doom and Gloom!::..

2010-05-17T12:21:00.002-04:00

I am going to once again ask you all to pray. This time for 3 little children and their families. A neighbor - basically in my backyard- had twin boys 3 months ago. I would watch her pack them to the car and back and think she has it rough. I even at one time said to Brent "can you imagine having two Tobias'?" She also has 2 little girls. Older but still little.

Very early Saturday morning one of the babies died. She's been charged with Reckless Homicide. The story the news tells just doesn't add up and I'm trying not to pass any judgments. I did not "know" them. Whatever the case may be - one little boy will grow up without his twin brother and 3 children will have to say goodbye to a baby brother. 3 children will grieve the loss of a brother - without their mother. NEVER should this happen. This has been so hard on me as a mom to look out my kitchen window and know a baby died in "that house" what could I of done differently? How could I of helped her to help her babies?

Please say a prayer for these babies and once again - hug the ones you love a little tighter, and make sure they KNOW you love them - tomorrow is not promised.

..::a little hiatus::..

2010-05-14T19:15:00.002-04:00

I haven't been around much lately and probably won't be much for another week-ish. It's been a stressful week and only two more weeks and things should calm down. With all the change- Trever is having a hard time, The dear lady who bub volunteers with and we all love so very much - her son died - on Mothers Day. I can't think of anything worse and my heart breaks so very much for her. She is the sweetest woman I have ever known and I pray every day for her to keep strong. Please say a prayer for her. I'm trying hard to get in scrap mode but it's just not in me at the moment.

I hope you all are having a fantabulous week/weekend and hug the ones you love a little tighter...you just never know when it might be the last ever hug...

..::Little Buddy::..

2010-05-11T00:02:00.002-04:00

I wanted to try a new style and I really like the way this turned out. I still need to do a little sewing on it. All the flowers and the butterfly were cut from off white card stock and I used Tim Holtz distress ink to color them. I love the way it worked out on the butterfly! I'm amazed also at how much Tobias Zadoc looks like Tyler in this picture. Tyler was probably 5 months old in this photo.

Hope you all are having a fantabulous week and I will visit blogs sometime today I hope!

..::You Are One in a Melon!::..

2010-05-08T21:28:00.003-04:00

I played with these pictures in Paint shop and loved the way they turned out. The layout wasn't what I had planned but meh, its good enough!

..::Mother's Day Card::..

2010-04-26T18:55:00.004-04:00

I made this using the raggedy angel patterns from Myscrapchick.com. I think it turned out pretty cute!

PS. I have been looking at all of your blogs but I can't post on them. I keep getting a blogger error with some long number/letter combo. Anyone else having this problem? It's rather annoying!

..::Berry Sweet::..

2010-04-24T22:27:00.003-04:00

Tobias with his bunny ears eating his favorite food ever...STRAWBERRIES!!! The pictures of this are horrible as it's been raining and blah so I'll try to take a better picture tomorrow. I thought it turned out pretty cute, not what I had in my head but still cute.

Hope you all are having a fantabulous weekend!

..::Thanks a Melon::..

2010-04-21T21:12:00.003-04:00

A little card I made for a lady who is the biggest blessing to my children EVER. I hope every special needs child has at least one person in their lives that makes them feel accepted and not excepted. This particular person never treated Trever "less than" when he wasn't able to talk...she talked to him as if he was talking back. To this day he still loves this woman. This same woman has allowed Bub to come and work with her a few hours twice a week. His new interest is gardening and she owns a vegetable/flower roadside store. He is so confident and so excited and so eager to learn and she is just as eager to teach him. Some things you just can't be grateful or thankful enough for...How do you repay such a blessing? A card seems so little for the amazing things she does...She is one of my heroes...

..::Tobias turns 1::..

2010-04-19T15:44:00.005-04:00

Saturday my little man turned 1. He had such a fun time with presents cake and more presents! His dada made his cake (how stinking cute did that turn out?!) and my mom came down for his party. It was also the first time she'd seen Tobias. I'm exhausted but so grateful for so much! Can't wait to scrap!

Hope you all had a fantabulous weekend!

..::Something fun to share::..

2010-04-13T11:38:00.004-04:00

I have not fallen from the face of the earth! This past weekend I decided to dig out my family tree collection of notes. Oh the fun and headaches I've endured. I learned that my great many times over grandfather was in the Revolutionary War. I've learned that my great great uncle was killed in WW2. I've learned that I had uncles in the Civil War and that I most likely had a grandfather in the Civil War...but he's still a mystery to me. At any rate, I found a picture of "thee" Zadoc in the "Canterbury Home". When I first started this so long ago I fell in love with that name. Hence the reason Tobias is Tobias Zadoc. And here...is a little piece of history...from the Mid 1800's!

..::What I've been doing::..

2010-04-07T20:11:00.002-04:00

I am dying to scrap. Time is just not my friend as of late! Between appointments, impending birthday party planning, cleaning, enjoying the outdoors...there just is not time. I am making time this week tho...I have to. Glue and paper are my therapies!! Here's a few pictures of the newest driver in the family...look out world! Tobias is not afraid of anything...and I mean anything. He wasn't even afraid of the grass...

Hope you all are having a fantabulous Spring Break/Spring whatever this week is for you!

..::Easter Baskets::..

2010-04-01T14:36:00.002-04:00

I made these for the boys with a pattern from Myscrapchick.com. It was for a book but I thought how cute would it be to make a basket! I think it's cute! Let's hope the boys like them or they'll be filled with eggs for an egg hunt I guess... I even shredded paper to make my own "grass"!! Hope you all have a great weekend and Happy Easter!!!

..::Exciting News Y'all!!::..

2010-03-27T07:01:00.001-04:00

I took my little man to a store here in town (which I love) and the nice lady there offered to take my baby's picture with a big stuffed rabbit!! It's so cute!! AND...she's going to have it put in the newspaper!!!!!!!!!! My little man...a local celebrity!!! I'll share his picture on Monday when I can go pick it up!!

* We get our paper once a week on Wednesdays - so Wednesday I'll see which picture made it in the paper! This is one of them!

..::Tobias' Birthday Invites::..

2010-03-17T14:09:00.002-04:00

Hard to believe my baby will be 1 - 1 month from today :( It sure goes fast. I used the monkey paper piecing pattern from Little Scraps of Heaven. The diaper hat and balloon are from cartridges. I think he turned out super cute!

..::Purse Birthday Card::..

2010-03-14T22:33:00.002-04:00

I found a video on how to make this little card/money holder on you tube. It was very easy to make and was cute! You can find the video HERE

Hope you all had a great weekend. I am exhausted and praying this week is a better more relaxing week.

..:: Do-Rag ::..

2010-03-08T21:54:00.002-05:00

This is a very simple layout. I wanted to use my Cosmo Cricket papers up and thought this would be cute. I made the stamp background page in SCAL if anyone wants the file I can e-mail it...not sure how else to share it.

Hope you all have a great week!

~~ Sweet Pea ~~

2010-03-01T22:02:00.003-05:00

I love these pictures of Tobias. He reminded me of Popeye's baby...

The doily is from Heather Ms Blog. She has amazing svg's! The bracket bit is from svg.com. The rest is Cricut and paper punches! Not the best picture...again no sun. :(

Hope you all have a Fantabulous week!

..::Blog Award::..

2010-02-28T21:11:00.003-05:00

I received an award!! woohoo!! Thank you Kim and Olive Juice Studios!!! Lets see the rules are: Share 7 things about yourself and pass on to 15 people. Oi! 7 things about moi...hmm this isn't going to be easy!!!

1. I am a mom of 3 boys. 15, 11, and 10 months.

2. I've begged my husband to become a polygamist so I can get some help with the cleaning and laundry...I want to scrap more!

3. I love the smell of good paper.

4. I love love love sweet tea! I drink about a gallon a day...

5. I have the worlds dumbest dog. She's very loving and sweet...but she is dumb!

6. I have recently learned that I have a very bad temper. When I get pushed too far, I react now and think later. Not always a bad thing but not always good either. (I asked my son what I should tell you all and he said "how about when you get really mad you have no sense?) (yeah, it's been a rough weekend in our neighborhood!)

7. I'm too kind hearted and have been taken advantage of more times than I ever want to count.

Now to pass this on...

Jessica (of course!)

Dawn

and uhm...hmm I'll have to add to this as I go!

Thanks for the award girls!!

..::Dear God::..

2010-02-26T00:30:00.000-05:00

This was when Tobias was about 3 or 4 months old and I was trying to get the "perfect" picture. When I seen this one I knew just what to do with it! I used some butterfly bits from the last layout and used my MS score board (OH how I love that thing!) to make the pleated circles and my dies that I got from my friend Jessica! Thank you again girlie!

Happy Friday all!

~~ You Make My Heart Flutter ~~

2010-02-22T11:21:00.002-05:00

This is one of my favorite pictures of Tobias. The picture of this layout doesn't do it justice but I'm lacking sun here today AGAIN! UGH! HURRY SPRING!!

Hope you all are having a great Monday!!

~~ Monkey Hunter ~~ (2nd post today)

2010-02-18T17:00:00.000-05:00

FINALLY!! My picture came!! I used the monkey pattern from Little Scraps of Heaven Designs and this paper is from a BEAUTIFUL!! stack I found at ...maybe Hobby Lobby? Its from My Minds Eye and its called Where The Heart Is. I tried to make the monkeys clothes match Tobias' the best I could! I really like this layout!

~~ Pop Can Flutterby ~~

2010-02-18T03:18:00.004-05:00

OK so...maybe this has been done before and isn't new news to you all but it so is to me!! I know about a year ago someone said you could use paper punches on soda cans so I wondered if my cuttlebug would cut a soda can...and guess what?! It can!!!!! Here is the flutterby I made with a soda can/cuttlebug/alcohol inks/stickles...the ideas running my mind are endless!! And just in case you're wondering...the edges are not sharp in the least...the cuttlebug bends them over when the bug is cut! Now I must collect dies!!!

Happy Thursday!!

~~ My Monkey Hunter ~~

2010-02-17T20:18:00.003-05:00

I made the cutest layout!! OK not the cutest but I gotta tell ya I'm so excited about it! BUT I can't share it yet :( I ordered the picture over a week ago and it still is NOT here grr. I'm so over Kodak...they use to have the greatest fastest shipping and now it's like...I could walk it there and back before they actually ship it. UGH!!!! So...here's a little peek at my layout...and the title will make sense only with the picture! I sure hope it's here tomorrow or my impatience will cause a trip to a one hour photo store!!

Happy Wednesday!!

~~ My little card maker ~~

2010-02-16T12:52:00.002-05:00

Trev made "the family" a card for Valentines Day. The sweetest part of this very sweet card is that he made it while he was so sick with strep throat and kept it a secret until Valentines Day. He forgot to give it to us until today tho...his dad was sick and then with working nights and sleeping days when we finally do all get on the same page it's like an hour of fast talking and catch up! Isn't it so cute? I LOVE it. Brent also made me a card for Valentines Day. I think it helped him see how hard I work on scrapbooking. He defenitly has a new interest in it... I framed it in PSP so it would be easier to see...I hope!

Happy Tuesday!!

~~ My Shining Star ~~

2010-02-14T11:56:00.002-05:00

Not sure I'm loving the way the word star turned out. They were white foam stickers and I sprayed them with Metallic alcohol inks...I think I might change it to yellow. Tyler made his first non jewelry piece of clay work and I took his picture with him. Can you believe it only took him about an hour to make?! On this day his dad worked with him. That's a whole nother layout! I also used the little fabric heart left over bit from Tobias' onsie!

.::Happy Heart Day!!::..

2010-02-14T10:10:00.000-05:00

..::Tobias' Valentine Onesie::..

2010-02-13T20:49:00.002-05:00

Woohoo!! I finally cut fabric with my cricut!! Being as tomorrow is Tobias' first Valentines Day I wanted him to have a special shirt to wear and I never found one I liked in stores. I wanted to get to Target but it just wasn't in the cards. Brent has the same strep throat/horrible fever that Trev had! UGH!! So anyway...I decided to try and make him one. Not bad for my first attempt! After Tomorrow I might try sewing on it a bit.

Happy Heart Day~

..::Valentine Card::..

2010-02-11T00:57:00.002-05:00

I seen these last year and thought I'd try one this year! Just two hearts welded together and some odd and end things. Fast easy and weird! So not my style but it was fun!

Aunt Elmo's World

..Blues Clues Valentine..

~Brent's Valentine Day Card~

..::Moose Card::..

..::Real Witch::..

..::Mom's Card::..

..::Moms Paper Cake::..

..::Card for my Dr. ::..

..::Tobias' First Halloween::..

~*~ Belles N' Whistles ~*~ card

..::Prince Charming::..

::King of Cute::

..::Dragonflies::..

..::All American Boy::..

..::Cherish Love::..

..::T-shirt!::..

..::Sweet Dreams:..

..::Grandmothers::..

..::Puppet Theater::..

..::My favorite picture::..

..::Brothers::..

..::Takoda Lee::..

Some of Takoda's Baby Book

..::Birth Announcement::..

..::Monkeying Around::..

..::Brent's Valentine Card::..

..::Birthday Card::..

..::Berry Sweet::..

..::Catrina's::..

..::A few Tobias Christmas Photos::..

.::The full layout::..

..::Christmas Layout::..

..::Super fast Christmas cards::..

..::Tobias' Christmas Tree::..

..::Christmas Card::..

..::Tobias Baking::..

..::Snowman Ornament::..

..::Mom's Christmas Card::..

..::New Snowglobe Card::..

..::Our Angel::..

..::Santa Baby::..

..::New Snow Globe Card::..

..::Snowmen::..

..::Dear Santa::..

..:: Snow globe card::..

..::An "old" Christmas card::..

..::Kids Thanksgiving Card::..

..::Kids Christmas Cards::..

..::You Warm My Heart::..

..::Bub's Birthday Card::..

..::A little Hiatus::..

..::Happy Halloween!!::..

::Gift::

..::I heart you::..

..::Witch Tilda easel card::..

..::Fall Tilda::..

..::Cards::..

..::Magnolia Cards::..

..::Thank You Card::..

..::Anniversary Card::..

..:: Birthday Party::..

..:: Monkey Cards ::..

..::Out of this World::..

..:: Is Frustrated! ::..

..:: Princess Layout::..

..::What I'm Working On::..

..::The Pampered Chef::..

..::H2OH baby! ::..

..::King of Cute::..

..::Brent's Birthday Card::..

Changing My Blog Name

..::Purrfect Pals::..

..::FuNnY fArM::..

..::Trying to get back to "normal"::..

..::More Doom and Gloom!::..

..::a little hiatus::..

..::Little Buddy::..

..::You Are One in a Melon!::..

..::Mother's Day Card::..

..::Berry Sweet::..

~~ Belles N' Whistles ~~ card

~~ Sweet Pea ~~

~~ You Make My Heart Flutter ~~

~~ Monkey Hunter ~~ (2nd post today)

~~ Pop Can Flutterby ~~

~~ My Monkey Hunter ~~

~~ My little card maker ~~

~~ My Shining Star ~~