K & Company Cards

My step mommy dearest asked for me to make her an assortment of cards to give away throughout the year.  She wanted simple notecards, birthday cards, just because cards, etc.  So I found a K & Company pad called 'Roam' and some beachy embellies that coordinated because that is very much her style.  I wanted to share 2 of my favorite with you now that she's seen them.

The paper for both is all from the stack.  I used a Tim Holtz distress ink on absolutely every edge.  I used a few odds and ends from my stash (pearls, buttons, green floss, and twine) as well as some cream grossgrain ribbon from Joann's.  On the second card the tag actually hangs from the button so there is some dimension and movement.  :)  Thanks for looking.

She's ALIVE!!!!!

I bet you all were starting to wonder.  Well at least those of you who come by often enough to know I haven't posted in months.  Things went downhill and fast around here and I became very overwhelmed.  My son caught mono which in and of itself isn't terribly dangerous.  One of the less common complications involve swelling of the spleen and his nearly ruptured which meant nearly a month of home schooling and doctor's until he was able to get back to 'light duty'.  Then it seemed Christmas was barraling in on me and within a month my son turning 11 and the baby turning 1 (which will happen in just an hour at the stroke of midnight!!!!!).  I spent so much time focusing on getting my son well and also keeping him from falling behind at school that my house fell into absolute disarray.  So that has taken priority at the moment and cut into not only my crafting time, but time playing online beyond what I can do from my cell. 

I am challenging myself to start somewhere and that's going to be with scrapbooking.  I have missed it terribly.  So I am going to try to commit to completing 2-3 layouts a month for now until things calm down and I can refocus on that 'me' time.  My most amazing friend, Faye has taken over running Scrap It With a Song and has made some fabulous changes and it's well on it's way to being gloriously inspiring.  I can't wait until I am back able to play along with the fun she's cooking up over there! 

I have nothing crafty to share with you today, but I hope that my update sees all of you well and happy! 

Under the Open Sky.....oh my

This week's song at Scrap It With a Song is Lucky by Jason Mraz and Colbie Caillat.  Such a fun song.  Remember you can take the song as a whole to let it inspire you or use a portion of the lyrics to inspire the title or journaling.  I used the lyrics, "under the open sky" to title a page about my kids flying a kite with my father.  As you'll notice this layout is missing one key element....PHOTOGRAPHS!!!  We had a tape mishap during the building of this layout that ruined the photos and with taking off this weekend for a road trip, I didn't get a chance to have a new set printed.  I have gone 10 years without having to reprint photos because I screwed them up and in the past month this is the FOURTH TIME....and I did the exact same thing each time!  Lesson learned??  I hope!  LOL. 

I used this sketch from our current DT member Liz as inspiration.  I replaced the third photo with extra jounaling, but otherwise it's pretty much an exact take on it.  I LOVE the banners, but have used them on so many layouts lately I tried to think of something else swoopy I could stick there and decided to stitch the tail of a kite.  LOVE IT! 

Our sponsor this week is our very own DT alumni, Angela!  Come along and play.......