and another new layout for you!

Good morning!

It is still hard for me to believe that summer vacation is upon us.

Today is the last day of preschool for my 4-year-old and tomorrow is the last day for my kids in 2nd grade and kindergarten!

Heaven help us!!!

just kidding...sorta.

Summer vacation is fun, we get to do lots of cool things, go on road trips, relax, go swimming, take it easy but all of the family togetherness time can sometimes cause a bit of friction between the girls.

What do you do when the kids have seen a little too much of each other?

What fun things do you plan to do to keep kids busy this summer?

Today I have another page to share with you where I used some of the cute Lifestyle Crafts dies. These pinked circles have quickly become a favorite of mine and because they come in SO many different sizes they will be used over and over on my projects.

I used papers from Lily Bee (orange dot, blue), American Crafts (pink, chevron), Studio Calico (yellow stripe), Crate Paper (doilies background), alphas from American Crafts, mists from Maya Road and Studio Calico and twine from The Twinery.

Oh, and a note about these pictures of my Hailey (7 years old). She is a bit shy, reserved, introverted, whatever you want to call it. She doesn't talk much at school or church but at home she can get a little crazy and let loose once in a while. I thought it was so fun that she wanted to pose for these pictures with her sister's Barbie guitar, even grabbed some funny hats and wigs and things. I laughed so loud when she came up to me in this frazzled blonde wig with my old glasses (with tape in the middle and lenses missing because she used them for Nerd Day) and said to me, "Look mom! I'm Taylor Swift!" She is so silly sometimes. 

These are the pinked circle dies that I used:

http://lifestylecrafts.com/products/core/core-nesting/nesting-pinking-circles.html

and these are the stars:

http://lifestylecrafts.com/products/dies/star-punches.html

Aren't those so fun? 

I love that you get two different sizes of stars and that you can cut so many at a time. It's way quicker than using my little star punch and I get two sizes in just one template.

I know I'll be using them again and again.

Take a look at what is available from Lifestyle Crafts

http://lifestylecrafts.com/

and get a 20% discount by clicking on my Lifestyle Crafts button on the right sidebar.

Have a fantastic day!

LIfestyle Crafts embossing folders

Good morning!

It's going to be a scorcher here today!

I sure hope it's a lot cooler where you are because we're supposed to hit 100 degrees and it's still only May. I think we're in for trouble this summer.

Today I have some quick cards to share that I made using these embossing folders from Lifestyle Crafts:

These two can be found here:

http://lifestylecrafts.com/products/embossing-folders/happy-birthday-1912.html

and

http://lifestylecrafts.com/products/embossing-folders/springtime.html

I kept my card design fairly simple which made it easy to create these cards quickly. 

I cut the white cardstock to size, ran it through my Sizzix Big Shot with the Lifestyle Crafts embossing folders and then added some details to each one and was done in less than 30 minutes with all four cards. 

(tag from American Crafts, twine from The Twinery)

(alphas from October Afternoon, balloon sticker from Pebbles Inc.)

(stickers from American Crafts with the exception of gray alphas; those are from October Afternoon. Twine from The Twinery)

(paper and candles from American Crafts, alpha stickers from October Afternoon, twine from The Twinery)

There are a lot of new dies and embossing folders at Lifestyle Crafts. 

If you see something that you like please don't forget to use my code for a 20% discount. Simply click on the Lifestyle Crafts button on the right sidebar here on my blog and have fun shopping!

Have a wonderful day!

another Bella/The Twinery team-up project

We hope that you are enjoying all of the great projeects created for the Bella Blvd/The Twinery team-up this week!

I have one more layout to share today:

To do the word "love" i simply used my Tombow liquid adhesive to write out the word and then I layered the twine on top. Super easy!

Please stop by the Bella Blvd blog to see more designers' projects and check out The Twinery's blog for even more ideas and chances to win some twine.

Have a great day!

a quick card share today

Good morning!

For today I just have a quick card to share with you:

Created using the Country Picnic line from Pebbles, "Hello" rub-ons from Pebbles, some Twinery twine, American Crafts kraft cardstock and my Fiskars butterfly punch. 

Have a great Wednesday!

another Twinery/Bella Blvd swap project

Hello again!

Today I have a layout to share with you that I created for Bella Blvd's swap with The Twinery.

First of all, I love the variety of colors available from The Twinery and really wanted to showcase that on my projects. As I was brainstorming ideas I came up with the idea to make a rainbow and use some of the Bella Blvd crocheted flowers as clouds. I love how it all came together to make this page.

Here is a peek at the rainbow:

And the full layout: 

Please stop by the Bella Blvd blog for even more projects all week long and check back there on Friday as well for a giveaway. You can always find more twine ideas on The Twinery's blog, too!

teaming up with the Twinery

Good morning!

This week we have a special treat for you at Bella Blvd!

We've teamed up with The Twinery to create some special projects to share with you on the Bella blog all week long. Make sure to check out the Twinery and Bella Blvd blogs all week for some extra special projects and a giveaway on Friday!

I'll be sharing my projects here, too, and my first one is a little card that I created:

Thanks so much for visiting my blog today!

Make sure to stop by the Bella Blvd blog for more of the Bella designers' great projects featuring The Twinery's cute twine! And, stop by here again tomorrow for a layout that I created for this swap.

Have a great day!