tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88480322576495453902024-03-05T18:56:36.363-09:00optimistic scrappinessaimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05072461143163109196noreply@blogger.comBlogger89125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8848032257649545390.post-76812091524166781412012-07-20T07:00:00.000-08:002012-07-20T07:00:47.079-08:00july scrappy chics<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">melinda at </span><a href="http://scrappychics.com/"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">scrappy chics</span></a><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> sent this amazing add on kit to me for july. the photos i took don't do the colors justice! usually, i could adjust the pics on my computer but my computer kicked the bucket... finally. it's been sick for a while, and it was an old (but good) hand-me-down from my grandmother. i've been using my daughter's laptop, but it's just not the same. because of that, i'm stepping back from being a scrappy chic designer. </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">hopefully, after i get a new computer, i can jump back in... </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">thank you, melinda, <strong>so much</strong> for having me on your team! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">this one features a sketch from </span><a href="http://sketchnscrap.blogspot.com/2012/07/sketch-n-scrap-10.html"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">sketch n scrap</span></a><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> - i flipped it. it was perfect for my pics of sam and her cousin dominic!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">my little niece, mary - she is hilarious!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">as always, thanks for looking!</span></div>aimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05072461143163109196noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8848032257649545390.post-81248625659699857902012-06-01T09:01:00.001-08:002012-06-01T09:01:30.563-08:00june scrappy chics!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">this month, i was sent the june add-on kit from melinda at <a href="http://scrappychics.com/">scrappy chics</a>... what a fun, happy kit! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">i LOVE the bright colors and jubilant feel of the <i>hello summer</i> (by lori whitlock) kit </span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">from <b>echo park</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to start, i made three birthday cards for people at work.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">i still have a bunch of product left from this add-on kit - i know i'll be using this one up fast! awesome stuff! thanks for looking, and go get your kits from <a href="http://scrappychics.com/">melinda at scrappy chics</a>!!!</span><br /><br />aimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05072461143163109196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8848032257649545390.post-69423921561185197232012-05-20T09:01:00.002-08:002012-05-20T09:01:48.557-08:00more cards<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
in my last post, i'd mentioned something about cards for people at work - here's what i came up with! i think all of them are made with scrappy chics kits, except for the last one...</div>
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i've been inspired by pinterest - so many ideas there for scrappy inspiration!</div>
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keep an eye out for june's kits at scrappy chics! they're AH-MAZING!<br />
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may's <a href="http://scrappychics.com/">main kit</a> is packed full of awesome stuff!!! every month i feel like a kid at christmas when i get to open my package from <a href="http://scrappychics.com/">melinda</a>. :)</div>
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i started out with two layouts - the first one is about life after 40 for me. braces, bifocals, zits, gray hair and wrinkles. i forgot to mention wrinkles in my layout. </div>
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the second layout is based on a photo of my daughter and my parents... we'd gone out to dinner to celebrate their birthdays, and my hubby's. the night i was working on my DT stuff, there was a hallmark movie on tv, and one of the commercials used this line: <i> life is a special occasion</i>... i had to use that for my layout. <br />
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my last project is a wall hanging. the chipboard element is from daisy bucket designs. i spray painted the chipboard and then used a quote i found on pinterest. this is hanging in my scrappy area now. <br />
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i'm working on more stuff using this month's kit this weekend - birthday cards for the staff at work. i'll post those after the weekend is over!<br />
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thanks for looking - and happy may! i'm SO glad it's getting warmer!!!aimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05072461143163109196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8848032257649545390.post-37098397499462700062012-04-01T09:03:00.002-08:002012-04-01T09:46:28.788-08:00april scrappy chic stuff!<span style="font-family:verdana;">yep. april, already... how can this be? and it's snowing here, so mother nature is getting her april fool's joke in on us here in alaska. argh. well, i've got scrapping with awesome supplies to keep me happy - thanks again, melinda at </span><a href="http://scrappychics.com/"><span style="font-family:verdana;">scrappy chics</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">, for sending me the amazing add-on kit for april! LOVELOVELOVE the colors here, and all the paper is double sided - another perk... </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">my niece and nephew have birthdays in march so i deconstructed a starbucks gift card holder i got at christmastime and used it as a template to make gift card holders for them... i really like how they turned out, and i will definitely use this idea again!</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUzgq7e242R8PcNRjMKRr5BXKbiToAVepzWf3ma09ze3GC6Qz2yeEwvicDSCQ_LofymoGCz1VyHCk8H6sx1v_pWJ5P8WerJJBndaBrYupImoG4-md2VgZqmhArHvgK7SUfwOp2Vo2ZJHs/s1600/project2aimee.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 225px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726480194237736658" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUzgq7e242R8PcNRjMKRr5BXKbiToAVepzWf3ma09ze3GC6Qz2yeEwvicDSCQ_LofymoGCz1VyHCk8H6sx1v_pWJ5P8WerJJBndaBrYupImoG4-md2VgZqmhArHvgK7SUfwOp2Vo2ZJHs/s320/project2aimee.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTkKs9Uy27TIt4zxL8seR7AP4G-aFThtAabK1tZZTcPuagNY_OR-MOwSgl1v07u6to_xvFrTt-o9C1bAhDxHCk2bHOoNXFwiOAh2U1wBJeLTn5M5WYA3aNgtKABbC4ZFCEIkusxFX0kEM/s1600/project2close.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 298px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726479953443265378" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJR5n_J9Cm82XVyKBTuImFFs_3y_z0ekzdhG4ET6jqYROlWMyf_y7MD6c7f01akQqvs4hQIa9ylVgHI-hAXe0LAliNj7cNGU-kH1j_p5genxiWCg6z-uhtZXu8J2s6pCEqyM_3CQc0oqE/s320/lo1aimee.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />the next one is based off a sketch from valerie salmon. little design hint: i cut tiny bits of scrap paper and stuck them on the bottoms of the little banner flags, so they look like they're flapping in the wind. :)<br /><br /></span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp46ztK5MJkiijCMa2mTuIAluqWJ7u4fsK7-oz8qiQk_aDWLL9xGssrJ2Iyl8tjf0l8ROkeOduP-Qm_pbnsfrlP6p55SOhB0-5gP7yLYqPmSdxRU6Jb8D-B3P2f1DdeBQuZ7dguBT7ZAo/s1600/lo3aimee.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 298px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726479947198657026" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp46ztK5MJkiijCMa2mTuIAluqWJ7u4fsK7-oz8qiQk_aDWLL9xGssrJ2Iyl8tjf0l8ROkeOduP-Qm_pbnsfrlP6p55SOhB0-5gP7yLYqPmSdxRU6Jb8D-B3P2f1DdeBQuZ7dguBT7ZAo/s320/lo3aimee.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY8wTy5q_pCdC5HMKv5W6VRTB65mDP0U1O2b5MGrpA37AIylrOOUlDSoJlmlACx-1Mgs6_QfvRqgIcddA4lAOxuE2g4K0ADjTnJoRT4ekkRuWHC6cmpVfB7EsmN_9o-2lRCP6H9vfQcuM/s1600/lo3aimeeclose.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 225px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726479941511822002" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY8wTy5q_pCdC5HMKv5W6VRTB65mDP0U1O2b5MGrpA37AIylrOOUlDSoJlmlACx-1Mgs6_QfvRqgIcddA4lAOxuE2g4K0ADjTnJoRT4ekkRuWHC6cmpVfB7EsmN_9o-2lRCP6H9vfQcuM/s320/lo3aimeeclose.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">okay, the middle photo cracks me up every time i look at it. the girl in the background is one of my nieces, trying to get a jump on her cousin's birthday candles! i like how the black cardstock makes all the bright colors jump out...<br /><br /></span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZUyRwpT6DIeLH1xVhFLYmvUfW4bbudfVUhv3OqQ4hAEfw8qeNeSS4bllzE1F-32Lqb0CZJVWVkjVrvc5wTK70bQyZ_H6SBu_HxRUFpCqyAUKNn-uBLRohiiSMq3KrOmNBhP_7gClzjoo/s1600/lo2aimee.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 225px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726479474750448770" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuAJCVp-ysw7Rka1ZgMF1JzgwgYo25gkgZqTkR4xC1dcIk9iRLo4zA3QkR1chVT_Vlqx1yQbWCeewJZqR7j3cWWAepqthnxJg-6eH7I8ZnrrfdKreET3cLdf_uDW_j11rERH7XqHtqqUI/s320/cardaimee.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">that's all for now. thanks for checking it out this month! <3</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>aimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05072461143163109196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8848032257649545390.post-2252357415630539632012-03-03T11:09:00.002-09:002012-03-03T11:44:32.480-09:00march 2012 scrappy chicsthis month, melinda from <a href="http://scrappychics.com/">scrappy chics</a> sent me the main kit. the colors were perfect for scrapping my hawaii pictures...<br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><strong>live in the sunshine</strong></span> this first layout features photos of my daughter exploring the shores of maui. that's always been a favorite activity of ours...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzQqie6TEJAiiWP95M2mvOvt9ppCx-CT3Y4jUBWP2pbi1YJQrcjGqnDbhrv4G6LMIcvBdJDlud9TDYxSg5_jM5z8IABqKr5d0AMqvNDDf_uNM19O7EDIN17cHRVYACCjec-mW8o8BTpZQ/s1600/lo1aimee.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 316px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715767643787591778" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzQqie6TEJAiiWP95M2mvOvt9ppCx-CT3Y4jUBWP2pbi1YJQrcjGqnDbhrv4G6LMIcvBdJDlud9TDYxSg5_jM5z8IABqKr5d0AMqvNDDf_uNM19O7EDIN17cHRVYACCjec-mW8o8BTpZQ/s320/lo1aimee.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY8X2Vdhtv3JF84PS00-XIAbiCMNw1pNpeTz7Nhne16ruXQVLmYRdwzuLKuhaL0TjlzGQ7t6YKVnKXfFqC1iprvAUw3f7khu0Iw75RR8R0feFMPCa9eeCSnhz13gPsi6Hs5Q-8CgQa3PY/s1600/layout1+close1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715767086969220914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY8X2Vdhtv3JF84PS00-XIAbiCMNw1pNpeTz7Nhne16ruXQVLmYRdwzuLKuhaL0TjlzGQ7t6YKVnKXfFqC1iprvAUw3f7khu0Iw75RR8R0feFMPCa9eeCSnhz13gPsi6Hs5Q-8CgQa3PY/s320/layout1+close1.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8MjmTH3WDcDUSCC-GcdewzhShO7uO8TUom0rLdGsmKS_S9YkiGgE11o90_txFfSmleXGooaWH7FGx3vc1BYN3MgXn1wuFaH9puM_y_mICR2SMDGI8uJSsOoGbdwY40K1IcObh6nREqKc/s1600/layout1+close2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715767080106893506" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8MjmTH3WDcDUSCC-GcdewzhShO7uO8TUom0rLdGsmKS_S9YkiGgE11o90_txFfSmleXGooaWH7FGx3vc1BYN3MgXn1wuFaH9puM_y_mICR2SMDGI8uJSsOoGbdwY40K1IcObh6nREqKc/s320/layout1+close2.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><strong>drive</strong></span> we joked that tons of tourists got divorced after this drive - it was a one lane road for about 10 miles on maui's west coast, and at times it got kind of tense. we saw more than one rental car with the husband holding on to the steering wheel for dear life and the wife yelling at the husband... my hubby's pretty good at driving in these conditions, though, so we were fine - no divorce here! sam got a little nervous, though - she noticed all the wooden crosses lining the twists and turns on the road.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmvwgpHtpVwb2n13DwcwUOZB5Ipq0KHm1k-4apU5m0-aWucjUvGAURYgFe4eiPD6YHvc8aO7oLWnLLjQWoyujhq5nYFeyIHlNa17ETDVpV6ctEJGnNHACQp3GjExUJ3i9majUZrJAp3NQ/s1600/lo2aimee.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 317px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715767080829251346" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmvwgpHtpVwb2n13DwcwUOZB5Ipq0KHm1k-4apU5m0-aWucjUvGAURYgFe4eiPD6YHvc8aO7oLWnLLjQWoyujhq5nYFeyIHlNa17ETDVpV6ctEJGnNHACQp3GjExUJ3i9majUZrJAp3NQ/s320/lo2aimee.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifIbQ5pbSK1FYtBjEgkNeZuHNIP3eu01DQrAingM-T23L5Bznc8wqf6SzOU5Flji_egbQrpI-abwKU7ZA8QUgPUFO6Ku7XllREjvEr2imO-PlqivuFiov5tmgUq-l6XfY5cVvNsTVVxBw/s1600/layout2+close1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715767078485790738" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifIbQ5pbSK1FYtBjEgkNeZuHNIP3eu01DQrAingM-T23L5Bznc8wqf6SzOU5Flji_egbQrpI-abwKU7ZA8QUgPUFO6Ku7XllREjvEr2imO-PlqivuFiov5tmgUq-l6XfY5cVvNsTVVxBw/s320/layout2+close1.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBJx6-eaLywncEOrieGBGi-uMOsODnJ6cfBP6xFJcApWNgFQN6ZTw8Qfr1BPU6K0TaQL57qZtXO6jtx0gVr4AZ-6h8B1Ra_K9XHiruLi9a2pwOEbHy92Iclj68vrxk3ywf9YQ5zaxNgbk/s1600/layout2+close2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715767073631612210" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBJx6-eaLywncEOrieGBGi-uMOsODnJ6cfBP6xFJcApWNgFQN6ZTw8Qfr1BPU6K0TaQL57qZtXO6jtx0gVr4AZ-6h8B1Ra_K9XHiruLi9a2pwOEbHy92Iclj68vrxk3ywf9YQ5zaxNgbk/s320/layout2+close2.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj7fYIMN5Vjp1MMwRE1GFwsU_GoNE7WrOrz6RPBEOxH7lkBa3_lHqf2cKX7HCqik3HtiudWmj31LIWCHi77lj3OBby7RUZntK-DzOJ_WGRyzUb9Paz1duRrp2-yR0rRhw4lyjOPCz2u4U/s1600/layout2+close3.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715766479992293218" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj7fYIMN5Vjp1MMwRE1GFwsU_GoNE7WrOrz6RPBEOxH7lkBa3_lHqf2cKX7HCqik3HtiudWmj31LIWCHi77lj3OBby7RUZntK-DzOJ_WGRyzUb9Paz1duRrp2-yR0rRhw4lyjOPCz2u4U/s320/layout2+close3.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><strong>always will</strong></span> we've been together over 25 years now - i think this layout says it all...<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc_6A-K_GEMYkTb11jyc_5RXebAcRSabjBdlp7zoYPVQogIN-figu6e1of2yTh1FYPe14uivUEeYr-U6Fw1PD2WjRz9Z1bxsuUllISIKJujdc14mXbbg1S891OiA-Pcfo3Um39VK86qDs/s1600/lo3aimee.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 316px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715766478286087730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc_6A-K_GEMYkTb11jyc_5RXebAcRSabjBdlp7zoYPVQogIN-figu6e1of2yTh1FYPe14uivUEeYr-U6Fw1PD2WjRz9Z1bxsuUllISIKJujdc14mXbbg1S891OiA-Pcfo3Um39VK86qDs/s320/lo3aimee.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXGTOeI5cb6s8pwjEIwG2dvmao36SNfChruBXg3m8bF5ZXAJ9NByIXk_3tCcn5fkePmV9n5CukUGq1SSpBzQpx7uQZ3aVKR3uJbwsaXpnkfZ9rZWtJBjyhC0EG6Y5q1GlN-WkVxBR3rFg/s1600/layout3+close1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715766470151606066" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXGTOeI5cb6s8pwjEIwG2dvmao36SNfChruBXg3m8bF5ZXAJ9NByIXk_3tCcn5fkePmV9n5CukUGq1SSpBzQpx7uQZ3aVKR3uJbwsaXpnkfZ9rZWtJBjyhC0EG6Y5q1GlN-WkVxBR3rFg/s320/layout3+close1.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzrhe7oN0TL3zfdblWNpQcdVLlXzDHEz1Z95buq-p2hMSHL2EcN-Fc3CXTCUHEGv5nZ5W9W4qw9KSKMQIj8AYIdtrnvoJRLQT2jsI9_54ze6sBO_tLcYbw5HftJBHXqQ8NK7L2sZjNQ5g/s1600/layout3+close2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715766471196144034" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzrhe7oN0TL3zfdblWNpQcdVLlXzDHEz1Z95buq-p2hMSHL2EcN-Fc3CXTCUHEGv5nZ5W9W4qw9KSKMQIj8AYIdtrnvoJRLQT2jsI9_54ze6sBO_tLcYbw5HftJBHXqQ8NK7L2sZjNQ5g/s320/layout3+close2.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyszQcw8wfGgf0Ri0F5QcnSzTUdw9hokUDT52Na-GABMZzn7MKvT279K2LsOQDvfQSoPqgn0yvKX4cLRP8hV97S-Vn77TQMCdapJDJDyunVu6YarMeyFf_N_zOHry-FbqRyJKO85cZ9jI/s1600/layout3+close3.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715766469153532674" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyszQcw8wfGgf0Ri0F5QcnSzTUdw9hokUDT52Na-GABMZzn7MKvT279K2LsOQDvfQSoPqgn0yvKX4cLRP8hV97S-Vn77TQMCdapJDJDyunVu6YarMeyFf_N_zOHry-FbqRyJKO85cZ9jI/s320/layout3+close3.jpg" /></a><br />we've now come to the card portion of my blog post... here's some cards i made for people at work.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUAz0hs4xGrMrYgUZo621BM03giFYll_QRCc05mF1IdWfsw6u5RDJDTsbpd_ehL_TtMSRERjdA8n3S56K-uueoXURZTPPtv-oEemaCOX09tlKh-YlWoWo5OM1_H1wZ39hlfA_rMFIUnYc/s1600/card3aimee.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715766025563227810" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUAz0hs4xGrMrYgUZo621BM03giFYll_QRCc05mF1IdWfsw6u5RDJDTsbpd_ehL_TtMSRERjdA8n3S56K-uueoXURZTPPtv-oEemaCOX09tlKh-YlWoWo5OM1_H1wZ39hlfA_rMFIUnYc/s320/card3aimee.jpg" /></a><br />(the second one is my favorite!)<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJQ-eYsdcR0cB93imwLwt4XlbFUg4w7q3XiYTjqCe4NoDkk-J7uSa9LTtldpy-vTs0FtC-m5clR3FE822u-WdBZEzqNOgASvoq0yoaydFqfvn2hyphenhyphen9KNhv8bgbCCiHqLINvnqlGVUNHiXQ/s1600/card2aimee.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715766019635742162" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJQ-eYsdcR0cB93imwLwt4XlbFUg4w7q3XiYTjqCe4NoDkk-J7uSa9LTtldpy-vTs0FtC-m5clR3FE822u-WdBZEzqNOgASvoq0yoaydFqfvn2hyphenhyphen9KNhv8bgbCCiHqLINvnqlGVUNHiXQ/s320/card2aimee.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYbfFHTR6eJwG9DW_d2RH6q8zFFu580UW9XXCH96OSBIg-xM0k6uOHjHRyOeo-yZo_q5VhyphenhyphenYyfoHgON67FCwhAm5vgCXTfI7Lzqo25ith4phl8fF1iPY7C20blL2RpnWylpko85UeCzjg/s1600/card2+inside1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715766011598191538" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYbfFHTR6eJwG9DW_d2RH6q8zFFu580UW9XXCH96OSBIg-xM0k6uOHjHRyOeo-yZo_q5VhyphenhyphenYyfoHgON67FCwhAm5vgCXTfI7Lzqo25ith4phl8fF1iPY7C20blL2RpnWylpko85UeCzjg/s320/card2+inside1.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdoj8fboapd7p4uiS166Y47hfyDCCpRN8j9XyKnsZt5KgZynMOuNxkKrFbBbfQuFnItfGcG648xjnnk4vYqeR5E9-sFEKctpE21eoXqHHB9ZfxnMtV8ZeFSlKZkVlXX7o7bdYC_O24lKg/s1600/card2+inside2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715766012796556866" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdoj8fboapd7p4uiS166Y47hfyDCCpRN8j9XyKnsZt5KgZynMOuNxkKrFbBbfQuFnItfGcG648xjnnk4vYqeR5E9-sFEKctpE21eoXqHHB9ZfxnMtV8ZeFSlKZkVlXX7o7bdYC_O24lKg/s320/card2+inside2.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHCgPngH46tER-oHNdfzY0cizXxtmshXMaqQ7gfLRcT-5_mOKGyvMm6K0NXtnNvmBeSVJ4zSZdssuY6s-NKjXMmVZgqFjwU9wRiLPIrKsgVS9IobuyVqFbXfGNjuX9HgVOCkhlZ2Y6wYM/s1600/card1aimee.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715766007826530994" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHCgPngH46tER-oHNdfzY0cizXxtmshXMaqQ7gfLRcT-5_mOKGyvMm6K0NXtnNvmBeSVJ4zSZdssuY6s-NKjXMmVZgqFjwU9wRiLPIrKsgVS9IobuyVqFbXfGNjuX9HgVOCkhlZ2Y6wYM/s320/card1aimee.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div>that's all for now - i have done a couple more hawaii layouts at a crop i went to last weekend, but they're still in my (still not unpacked) rolling scrappy case... i'll post if i get around to unpacking! </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>thanks for looking!</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>aimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05072461143163109196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8848032257649545390.post-22394544625030460662012-02-20T13:40:00.003-09:002012-02-20T14:28:51.749-09:00gift card phone stand<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Phone Stand made from Recycled Gift Card<br /><br />In this tutorial, I will show you how to take an old gift card and turn it into something fun and useful. This isn’t my idea – I found a photo someone else had posted online, but I cannot remember where I found it… It is my idea, however, to use the larger gift cards rather than the smaller, regular sized cards. There’s just more room to let your inner creative genius out!<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /><p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 272px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711352094276450066" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghnHzVBUUKD4OZ23DUjfFxFwvLqJQFJkv02aFKaOHv55cPub0bpjPYhiV77ZnwlFY-Bsvie1T55HFjhRSsJv2r5uU-Bg_UIb3hgxDxJKjRS5-r70UjTfGgEMe_bC24pf4qA1GD11vHxKY/s320/2011_1221picsfirst0003.JPG" /> <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 301px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711352668705028194" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHH5g_B5peeLH_53EGTRWXBSm_IF6NPp2n5Zr2f20ONfutkoWnm7i6sYrh_ECydewhWe_UA9Wh3XQUEQNDNuP1xCaRdZFq8EtILeVfMEDphtontkWmVsbHqjuaqGRgKXGv-lZLTDCt1Mo/s320/2011_1221picsfirst0004.JPG" />First, make sure your card has no value left on it. You never know, someone might just be so excited to craft, they might forget & use one that still has money on it! I so could see myself doing that… Then, bend your card into shape. I used a metal ruler to help me with that. You only need a little bit of a lip to hold your phone, so bend that first, then halfway between the little lip & the other end, bend the opposite direction. You should end up with a shape like the ones pictured above.<br /><br />Next, lightly sand all sides. It helps the mod podge stick better. I actually think sanding FIRST, then bending might work better, but sometimes I tend to do things backwards. If any of you decide to do the sanding first, let me know how it turns out! Another helpful little hint is to do your sanding over a damp paper towel, then use that to wipe the card when you’re finished.<br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 222px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711353517541469682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoyPXrIigbCLidBQfV1PmbRgXRzTEx48wm0rHNaXAHo0v6xuk0d-417bjxFD2EQfxPlb7-fAdxjW0j-J2ZIoyYiCwECu00igHTW8mNpmNqjjA0AnuP-oGik468ueYHSnJNRX7cKPwYXkE/s320/2011_1228picsfirst0031.JPG" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711353520731951474" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK1eXxnSe9TFCxXDW_dTd9J_c38mxaOfAENFiscH0PQZFkrNP50My82kOhnVapu2QiPC-OxCzUyGOnz6_73sitlrEm9YDTNeWCJPEEwJ9j-CxNXOw6_1B5oQB-voiS44WT5KoSPCFCwhM/s320/2011_1228picsfirst0032.JPG" /><br />Now, cut two pieces of paper slightly larger than your card. Leave yourself ¼” or so of room on all sides, so you can have some wiggle room when you’re gluing the paper down. It’s a bit easier to mold the paper to the card BEFORE mod podging, so you know which piece goes where.<br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711359635333139922" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZd5qIGQIklrOvUYKcc50JIbMMl3aMIOExrFNkEWCxMQtQIqzbtZZp6eqXRuVoxcboGKQhVt63DZlBhNdT5MALVXbA8Lwlpqdk60lnkVfFzd9k3sGlV_vGUfbm_mdFoXunnpOO5NelUAA/s320/2011_1228picsfirst0035.JPG" /><br />Use mod podge to glue your papers down. I used matte, but you could use glossy or even sparkly! Once dry (give yourself an hour or so), trim close to the edges with scissors. Then you can sand the edges to remove any excess paper. </p><br /><p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711360768063726402" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgazVyRa1K9MUaZR9oAFE5-VpMc8RCSWNnkHgS26TUMhqxOhOJwbAZ64to76dGykWMM0RCosrom9STssXS2OaSaY0hGRjjZl_YNnMXSodtj9hUenCqKHh-d4ZcQAG38OgvAHAN8IKflnNo/s320/2011_1228picsfirst0039.JPG" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711360766700226146" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhhYdued9jxzm2f0x5PmQ6f_wFaeu6JDxVN3flKZ8LxZN9gVFzTHuPg91yOQlH-VOFIq3xkAmYi04gOrgUVp5ArFP7b92JTOkzg6f1IGw0gnq1VeY34UiYQSKwRLc3UiYeDqNyImgF0ck/s320/2011_1228picsfirst0038.JPG" /><br />Decorate as desired. I used rub ons and coordinating papers.<br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711360769585467250" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglqYDftGJMCEDsYDu2dkaIw_yp_mK5Ksx67Eh7skt8PlpIEm8PNYVP284jXZdWpfqt2WK0EmbFudq2wL0bBbvse1YxkyrqsR9Tw4nz4b4g-t3JhyPjo8cHw1TjQW-6qinwzYtr2z1tshk/s320/2011_1228picsfirst0040.JPG" /></p><br /><p>To ensure it lasts a while, add a coat or two of mod podge once you’ve decorated the stand. As a finishing touch, I added a bit of sparkle… </p><br /><p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711360775667913426" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbZA7h1OVesKEoFb4G9i3eRmVYafkPRXGDc5ZnKIvYHjiED5lEXX6IOGb8fkduFGCfWGLXwThRIftW7oXewG9SJXRwIoV2UBstR-eIWZI8ZZTdagycr940E_MH-lLVzK-xYCs6xTNvz2A/s320/2011_1228picsfirst0045.JPG" />Let dry completely for a day, then start using (or gifting, as I did here) your stand! </p><br /><p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 314px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711360778890998466" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0_2IQsrVx22Z-X69HkVrrfaBFAIGVhzlhSG-174NKHVCvQ8gNGFuJGHj8c8ZqhyphenhyphenekO9A9Wil_cbbgKDSsA1xxjd3nYDfLA8OcI6CgJIuIU4J-hoUTQPLRNdcJ0Wv-3uOV4-nNW8jJr4U/s320/2011_1228picsfirst0043.JPG" /></span></p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Thanks for looking, and happy crafting!</span>aimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05072461143163109196noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8848032257649545390.post-58974495185617368032012-02-11T23:18:00.007-09:002012-02-11T23:56:00.138-09:00february 2012 scrappy chics stuffs!<span style="font-family:verdana;">january was a CRAZY busy month for me. we took a family vacation to maui - it was lovely and warm and sunny... here at home, the temps were hitting -30º but while we were in hawaii, it was in the mid 80's. when we got back to anchorage (late at night), we took the shuttle to the parking lot where we left our truck. it was frozen solid - we had to get the battery jump-started. brr. the next morning, i realized my camera case was nowhere to be found. i was immediately in tears. my husband had faith the camera would turn up, though. thank goodness someone was being positive. usually that someone is me, but i was too distraught over losing my camera. i called the airline, the airport in anchorage, the parking lot in anchorage, the airport in maui and finally the rental car agency in maui... yep. i'd left it in the car. whew!<br /><br />anyway, long story short - the pictures for this month's kit are not great - i took the photos with my phone. :) AND i did my projects after we got back from vacation! </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">please, go to scrappy chics<span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span> and sign up to get your kits! melinda has the most incredible variety - i'm ALWAYS excited to open my melinda mail!<br /><span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br />here's what i did:<br /><br /><strong>smile</strong> kind of a shabby chic thing going on here<br /><br /></span><br /><p><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 320px; height: 305px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708163125837062738" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4hR2ho1qM3BG6MON8TJu4RVGrIEdFiwihOFjybqw10b2UdWLZuCtmjiJyhlIUyvApQMwvXItWhKcQPNGGm_-yg-jbY_tRy_NOtli-CiJjT_DCxaL_7k3rwQmQ-3CY8A2JNEi9aP27Xj0/s320/IMAG0330.jpg" /></p><p><br /><strong>she is 42</strong> ugh. really? how the heck did that happen?! lol<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHtgRlbhXsai2wmKst8OSwPb4hS9NKcPIA_ZElsOgjgfsF3WNOB_0oZ_6b7XF0EVtB1s3xZO7do984wRH-s1B8Bf4tPouXZ9cFtSKOb9JOayFbBVXi54kZXQsA9PP9F9aUdjzT0h6woe4/s1600/IMAG0327.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 320px; height: 308px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708163125883320754" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHtgRlbhXsai2wmKst8OSwPb4hS9NKcPIA_ZElsOgjgfsF3WNOB_0oZ_6b7XF0EVtB1s3xZO7do984wRH-s1B8Bf4tPouXZ9cFtSKOb9JOayFbBVXi54kZXQsA9PP9F9aUdjzT0h6woe4/s320/IMAG0327.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><strong>beautiful reasons</strong> i found this little doohickey at the thrift store for 50 cents. i knew i could use it for something. the photos are held in by ribbon strips - so i can change out the pictures and put up new ones!<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsin_ai8YHAIjosEHm878IhA3Kl4i5NPAG-f9dt8ZcX34ERGIljOKTT19x36ZmmtBuYIy1xG3VEULgGSnB3dpCqGxgIQwCRKGFqwLe7X24VXdwoDBmV1wq0LKL8LAMpiEgDN3I8G8_W_g/s1600/IMAG0319.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 320px; height: 191px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708163117222051858" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsin_ai8YHAIjosEHm878IhA3Kl4i5NPAG-f9dt8ZcX34ERGIljOKTT19x36ZmmtBuYIy1xG3VEULgGSnB3dpCqGxgIQwCRKGFqwLe7X24VXdwoDBmV1wq0LKL8LAMpiEgDN3I8G8_W_g/s320/IMAG0319.jpg" /></a><br />here's the "before" of the tray. i guess it's a tray.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcAVNgdia-spr5uOsftBjvKMu1usxxJmh_0eWQTXXz0gXZsgKhrC7XXPDEAoIVOYUUS3wmI2csO52CRFv-8KoI6tbGV2SBHf7NgJ9NCwMcK6yGl5LjodheDtQPVgnJFWYcgzx67aR3omw/s1600/IMAG0317.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 320px; height: 191px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708163116728052050" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcAVNgdia-spr5uOsftBjvKMu1usxxJmh_0eWQTXXz0gXZsgKhrC7XXPDEAoIVOYUUS3wmI2csO52CRFv-8KoI6tbGV2SBHf7NgJ9NCwMcK6yGl5LjodheDtQPVgnJFWYcgzx67aR3omw/s320/IMAG0317.jpg" /></a>thanks for looking - what a crazy month! hope your new year started out stress free...<br /><div></div></div>aimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05072461143163109196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8848032257649545390.post-83224792244964495502012-01-01T15:49:00.001-09:002012-01-01T16:14:59.325-09:00january 2012 scrappy chics stuff...this month, <a href="http://scrappychics.com/">scrappy chics</a> teamed up with <a href="http://sketchythursdays.blogspot.com/">sketchy thursdays!</a> exciting stuff for me, since i'm already a HUGE fan of sketches, and i loooooove sketchy thursdays' stuff... here's the sketch!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim2mOJUcimIV3AIRrZVfDcXfHSiIDGUphyphenhyphenxWiByf_JkxoRD6fOfSw1SsSeT2jGsTWuz0-xuhfRmJqbLGD-3bkYpd_LUePtUOiX2242QotFzv-gG5YmuNgM48ndT41qtuHRM6Ueu1mg238/s1600/Sketchy+Thursdays+Jan+5+sketch.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692831801907131346" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim2mOJUcimIV3AIRrZVfDcXfHSiIDGUphyphenhyphenxWiByf_JkxoRD6fOfSw1SsSeT2jGsTWuz0-xuhfRmJqbLGD-3bkYpd_LUePtUOiX2242QotFzv-gG5YmuNgM48ndT41qtuHRM6Ueu1mg238/s320/Sketchy+Thursdays+Jan+5+sketch.JPG" /></a> i kept pretty close to the sketch, because i felt it would highlight the photo perfectly. we had to put our dog down in december, and this sketch was perfect for my photo and the quote.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7W0QLfRAMiPixTGg-Zop8mVX8As3FPmXdUREB1wWf-ezgAmOcUZVh_G8A4NACMvNHt4M2BhnuW3OmWtEoF6bpYXrVoLXDBPja8JK4WScB4kTnBdsN9uLaHu4uMqYW9fmfOecTUip12CA/s1600/lo1aimee.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 318px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692831518651119154" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7W0QLfRAMiPixTGg-Zop8mVX8As3FPmXdUREB1wWf-ezgAmOcUZVh_G8A4NACMvNHt4M2BhnuW3OmWtEoF6bpYXrVoLXDBPja8JK4WScB4kTnBdsN9uLaHu4uMqYW9fmfOecTUip12CA/s320/lo1aimee.jpg" /></a><br />for this layout, i used a sketch from pagemaps. happy is what i try to be, whenever i can!<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3NbdutBi-qXtON6aeBYdKns_SKRRV7F7QYqYmder_kY_Io8flgO___jLjLXOpYIUhbIXOCeMseX3dGB4smMBHYFWGbCkSSYuTXAcZzsDzuyrdEH7b8lVUMCOmtKoO08CvmikiNDASWmg/s1600/lo2aimee.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 317px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692831515604309794" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3NbdutBi-qXtON6aeBYdKns_SKRRV7F7QYqYmder_kY_Io8flgO___jLjLXOpYIUhbIXOCeMseX3dGB4smMBHYFWGbCkSSYuTXAcZzsDzuyrdEH7b8lVUMCOmtKoO08CvmikiNDASWmg/s320/lo2aimee.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR6u6TX614wIpKc2thYPeO0RhIzz9B5UAIdt-8K4I0DkZQffLagW2ANa-5MUvO9zavVGu9_kv9O7kgexB60LORsdE2on-xgtjpBFlpxsNGMw7NWgl4q_RaN-Ykw3ohJZKwEiZkIHHGDSU/s1600/happy+close1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692831505208845650" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR6u6TX614wIpKc2thYPeO0RhIzz9B5UAIdt-8K4I0DkZQffLagW2ANa-5MUvO9zavVGu9_kv9O7kgexB60LORsdE2on-xgtjpBFlpxsNGMw7NWgl4q_RaN-Ykw3ohJZKwEiZkIHHGDSU/s320/happy+close1.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcR2T_7lAxrLQz_DoErEG4YAlrnhQaj8zpzOGrQGWHs8loDXV3BQ68SZFLAA4F4oQQgknXB0lyl9qiuFQtw6SNXJePl7RXzFejnoSzPLbG4RpGxTF6EGz3XCu2ERUkkWRhyphenhyphenKNzwG2qmbs/s1600/happy+close3.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692831501736845762" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcR2T_7lAxrLQz_DoErEG4YAlrnhQaj8zpzOGrQGWHs8loDXV3BQ68SZFLAA4F4oQQgknXB0lyl9qiuFQtw6SNXJePl7RXzFejnoSzPLbG4RpGxTF6EGz3XCu2ERUkkWRhyphenhyphenKNzwG2qmbs/s320/happy+close3.jpg" /></a><br />i actually scrapped and didn't use a sketch for this layout! shocking... :) <br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgktk3SvXM5nGaEENaN5sy4HVZid1xodIg8mGYFzg7vAx7qUtMn3bdaaG0ny-lLOU6AoQomMsQNP88CVUunhjp5rSUJySIK0FJRbKlj_j0eg8mZqXE_nesBpsYAnat1Keh-XAmoqeAz6T8/s1600/lo3aimee.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 318px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692831494359102658" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgktk3SvXM5nGaEENaN5sy4HVZid1xodIg8mGYFzg7vAx7qUtMn3bdaaG0ny-lLOU6AoQomMsQNP88CVUunhjp5rSUJySIK0FJRbKlj_j0eg8mZqXE_nesBpsYAnat1Keh-XAmoqeAz6T8/s320/lo3aimee.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir55AbGBmiAxuBBV-M6NEoikOI20QXXAcUq-4_6Vee227Emh_DnGSSysJCrtWjknZCYkurNk6E-it1iLab4P8ciABnpU7SX7-FrkQLTQ11JImiYulSFw2gUO6ZMxojdP1tj0fm0-tNFGc/s1600/pretty+close.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692830977130493122" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir55AbGBmiAxuBBV-M6NEoikOI20QXXAcUq-4_6Vee227Emh_DnGSSysJCrtWjknZCYkurNk6E-it1iLab4P8ciABnpU7SX7-FrkQLTQ11JImiYulSFw2gUO6ZMxojdP1tj0fm0-tNFGc/s320/pretty+close.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmuyQH6TwwLqu6qviCTy1A5dUfCDGH8n0L2S8JQt7T27S60hd73GcM8WVmrmbxbIzPWzMycyy7OiJ9-yHqWsKJlrL0aJ2NfbUjSXBEmMXkmehrjdw85c_7RJOtXAiT5Bqs5RRZgd-b7HE/s1600/pretty+close1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692830970777328594" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmuyQH6TwwLqu6qviCTy1A5dUfCDGH8n0L2S8JQt7T27S60hd73GcM8WVmrmbxbIzPWzMycyy7OiJ9-yHqWsKJlrL0aJ2NfbUjSXBEmMXkmehrjdw85c_7RJOtXAiT5Bqs5RRZgd-b7HE/s320/pretty+close1.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwuOwkGWzh9MxpO7MetrL0H1U4OhWnpX6fmp60QUDayotAV4kghSgqUzd1gFa0-YheiCPYLJh17tby8tAusdkTFsk1WHjQ0Mq8lI5limANwaz3lR0wUd9joUYN4P28guTLbTTpYVyq5nY/s1600/pretty+close2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692830969069087042" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwuOwkGWzh9MxpO7MetrL0H1U4OhWnpX6fmp60QUDayotAV4kghSgqUzd1gFa0-YheiCPYLJh17tby8tAusdkTFsk1WHjQ0Mq8lI5limANwaz3lR0wUd9joUYN4P28guTLbTTpYVyq5nY/s320/pretty+close2.jpg" /></a> instead of cards this month, i made this necklace hanger for my daughter. <br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjz8s7D-ruboIGKo6KuKheWFq3Bc8Y1QStAhDi8bUkNkD_35juiEJRF-sNv2EulZiI5ho3ZKptegXsBFFpkGkIbvkDBhHa9pV9VlA-BZwutxty1YesGJVtfzEwWMfdnrNwQOoAdxzaqlQ/s1600/project1aimee.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692830963974150690" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjz8s7D-ruboIGKo6KuKheWFq3Bc8Y1QStAhDi8bUkNkD_35juiEJRF-sNv2EulZiI5ho3ZKptegXsBFFpkGkIbvkDBhHa9pV9VlA-BZwutxty1YesGJVtfzEwWMfdnrNwQOoAdxzaqlQ/s320/project1aimee.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDCC-Nfa6VskD5raIJvc2zjH_CLYHHoW-RY6JtAc6DFcAJyjyvUKI-RHZ74GSYhyIXKn7ukx_mOhgfnevhK6Law4G38LMLo2KigToNCsek6g8eUmsiX_LrEbP2CNybv7c3i7h-5xFu8mU/s1600/jewelry+close2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692830958744395058" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDCC-Nfa6VskD5raIJvc2zjH_CLYHHoW-RY6JtAc6DFcAJyjyvUKI-RHZ74GSYhyIXKn7ukx_mOhgfnevhK6Law4G38LMLo2KigToNCsek6g8eUmsiX_LrEbP2CNybv7c3i7h-5xFu8mU/s320/jewelry+close2.jpg" /></a><br />that's it for this month's kit. thanks for looking, and hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season and a great start to the new year!<br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>aimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05072461143163109196noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8848032257649545390.post-52405648374640410292011-12-21T16:40:00.002-09:002011-12-21T16:47:43.285-09:00i'm in loooooovewith pinterest.<br /><br />i recently joined, and knowing full well i would become instantly addicted, dived in headfirst.<br /><br />found a scarf i had to make. found it on pinterest, and followed the link to this <a href="http://watchmedaddy.blogspot.com/2011/12/felt-flower-scarf-tutorial.html">creative blogger</a>...<br /><br />she has so much fun stuff, and i can't wait to try other crafty ideas she's posted.<br /><br />for my scarf, i used fleece instead of wool, and added a few extra stitches here and there to keep it pinned a little flatter. i love it. love it so much, i'm making another. see attached photo. lol<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3W-ctB_qlgfXo-IJHHNrY12KuVo5ckKtJ7Uz-fSWHWrBHY1ZkOScybtlgGahdnYfqe4El727b6fRcQJr8Z4nx5r7TKJJYlmXpTrDM2xswFlMLj59QJdNOcMGMWAPhYeP_CZ_BQbJ5PAE/s1600/2011_1221picsfirst0014.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 256px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688763097793518722" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3W-ctB_qlgfXo-IJHHNrY12KuVo5ckKtJ7Uz-fSWHWrBHY1ZkOScybtlgGahdnYfqe4El727b6fRcQJr8Z4nx5r7TKJJYlmXpTrDM2xswFlMLj59QJdNOcMGMWAPhYeP_CZ_BQbJ5PAE/s320/2011_1221picsfirst0014.JPG" /></a>this was a wonderful distraction for me. <br /><br />kept my hands busy. <br /><br />we had to have our beloved boxer dog put down last saturday, and making this scarf kept me busy so i didn't sit and look at her stuff and be sad...<br /><br />thanks for looking, and go hug your pets. :)aimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05072461143163109196noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8848032257649545390.post-8277521170996876572011-12-04T14:54:00.002-09:002011-12-04T15:21:18.127-09:00december scrappy chic stuff<span style="font-family:arial;">december. <em>already</em>. how can that be? </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">well, believe it or not, it's here, and here's my stuff for december's </span><a href="http://scrappychics.com/"><span style="font-family:arial;">scrappy chic</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> kit. very cute stuff this month! i was kinda out of christmas-y pictures, though, so i scrapped what i had.</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#cc0000;"><strong>finally</strong></span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><em>yeah.</em> my kid's over 15 years old, and just learned how to blow a bubble. :) </span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZFyZVsdguEdGcSGcwMv3ZuDkU632MNohiPDFEz7RMuxRLz0qF0y-r0UsicpQ-Bo2ecli8HAJcAZ9g_zwsw4NGuOheDRBMkMgeJqP-PTSmCQKrWRFGJ51s8liJkP3ydkiskzd-Y0yU7sE/s1600/lo3aimee.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 316px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682427318664514498" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZFyZVsdguEdGcSGcwMv3ZuDkU632MNohiPDFEz7RMuxRLz0qF0y-r0UsicpQ-Bo2ecli8HAJcAZ9g_zwsw4NGuOheDRBMkMgeJqP-PTSmCQKrWRFGJ51s8liJkP3ydkiskzd-Y0yU7sE/s320/lo3aimee.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj0nJeaanMXkH7gPcGWCXtpE95QwoACi1XZMEsv6xQwyrGGO50OvHPrx6MPiGcchyphenhyphen7N8GNaabun9ZUS2ek62awqY12UJtKdIBrakTJYbFswiuhVr8d3WUP4ANI7b85iP82QHPls2hv_Iw/s1600/lo3close1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682427311837937218" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj0nJeaanMXkH7gPcGWCXtpE95QwoACi1XZMEsv6xQwyrGGO50OvHPrx6MPiGcchyphenhyphen7N8GNaabun9ZUS2ek62awqY12UJtKdIBrakTJYbFswiuhVr8d3WUP4ANI7b85iP82QHPls2hv_Iw/s320/lo3close1.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkYZXWiTRUNWEEznqeBbKnWg2PWEG7TTtmnFgAJzSIQQimmtx1GJfEl0m6bUYU2wXu-0ZdeFYEElgrpL3hE07PVPKvV2baB3KBmtfNSRQs0pJ23AEDKCX2pm2NS3DgyO80BckdPfqcAWY/s1600/lo3close2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682427310127337922" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkYZXWiTRUNWEEznqeBbKnWg2PWEG7TTtmnFgAJzSIQQimmtx1GJfEl0m6bUYU2wXu-0ZdeFYEElgrpL3hE07PVPKvV2baB3KBmtfNSRQs0pJ23AEDKCX2pm2NS3DgyO80BckdPfqcAWY/s320/lo3close2.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#cc0000;"><strong>happy birthday tesa</strong></span> <span style="font-family:arial;">(official cardmaker for the work peeps, i am...)<br /></span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidfNrgyXFI5xSqFUUo-wA97U_OFzi3wLki93rT2l3Jo4L2PITxS-JSIVxGg-9YD3Pde86r3NHoMbmfM08iNALDxM652xF0xNUXr4JIIM-Udr-PXGMww1S2dek-WiAktjI5huCwkF_Qv4Y/s1600/card3aimee.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 315px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682426909096347042" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidfNrgyXFI5xSqFUUo-wA97U_OFzi3wLki93rT2l3Jo4L2PITxS-JSIVxGg-9YD3Pde86r3NHoMbmfM08iNALDxM652xF0xNUXr4JIIM-Udr-PXGMww1S2dek-WiAktjI5huCwkF_Qv4Y/s320/card3aimee.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggc2YeDWTueSZMDFck3p9p-jDv5_0lsoK1PmE4hmugwfSu7xGkp3yF4BmkU1vqVvad6GvHE_HrmhCVX3Fuc2uKYIBiz_uQ9e3WYVkc0pM-YA-Chgv-k9pev5g3pwY0pCAWcJ7z5DDpqg8/s1600/card3aimeeclose.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682426900759675186" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggc2YeDWTueSZMDFck3p9p-jDv5_0lsoK1PmE4hmugwfSu7xGkp3yF4BmkU1vqVvad6GvHE_HrmhCVX3Fuc2uKYIBiz_uQ9e3WYVkc0pM-YA-Chgv-k9pev5g3pwY0pCAWcJ7z5DDpqg8/s320/card3aimeeclose.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#cc0000;"><strong>six reasons why we love this dog</strong></span> <span style="font-family:arial;">this one was fun - i love these pics of my girls...<br /><br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSmF_WwIki4Q9-Y7j6ecuu6DBa6flzabvqGFQfpzQdcYLxFO-VTJACpyC_E6z0GZc626MgSlnpcka12jXcLiyRXKLGA2O4D5HS4Zmy_vmX5N8qinRpgW2p_Js_1OQoIH0gDPgE2t5w__4/s1600/lo2aimee.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 319px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682426892755119938" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSmF_WwIki4Q9-Y7j6ecuu6DBa6flzabvqGFQfpzQdcYLxFO-VTJACpyC_E6z0GZc626MgSlnpcka12jXcLiyRXKLGA2O4D5HS4Zmy_vmX5N8qinRpgW2p_Js_1OQoIH0gDPgE2t5w__4/s320/lo2aimee.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRUdTYEVLCkbd0T6OrfsL_-KqhHnWIhBwJp-jmaF03v5Z_gKYew5ypwyBHBbBWmpyVBrbNGm6qTe-ag9mjZ5AZOog_KVFTcvPE3x7TseHaULaJvwilLHX0bRMzQxQKQ9Wkslno1vPFMzQ/s1600/lo2close1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682426888746262978" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRUdTYEVLCkbd0T6OrfsL_-KqhHnWIhBwJp-jmaF03v5Z_gKYew5ypwyBHBbBWmpyVBrbNGm6qTe-ag9mjZ5AZOog_KVFTcvPE3x7TseHaULaJvwilLHX0bRMzQxQKQ9Wkslno1vPFMzQ/s320/lo2close1.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik_d1Tqv7ELxvn6hHY2ZYXFnNt1w2wFCa-x-1LZ0C3RnJHQJZSNhOptqcSkGEagdIA1YBhTMCzjQ8yxaqrZy9Q7aFmhdtJepx9SwisTc9kb90Apl2Ytn70zHqIs0QJGYY6W_QCViT04fI/s1600/lo2close2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682426885646435570" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik_d1Tqv7ELxvn6hHY2ZYXFnNt1w2wFCa-x-1LZ0C3RnJHQJZSNhOptqcSkGEagdIA1YBhTMCzjQ8yxaqrZy9Q7aFmhdtJepx9SwisTc9kb90Apl2Ytn70zHqIs0QJGYY6W_QCViT04fI/s320/lo2close2.jpg" /></a><strong><br /></strong><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#cc0000;"><strong>happy birthday kellie<br /></strong></span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-7jjaj7ex0jZ1V53gOxb_lHvFZw5QGI6CUIqDaOcstIcG_6Asr2dB6RpI_L2Jq7ChdXpUfZHYEjOx0U1geIDeHkLnzi7lWmm3PPSHfZMeaOMYZ1miru5nU_dliThH31ts4KDnd2h1Miw/s1600/card2aimee.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 315px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682426337582911858" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-7jjaj7ex0jZ1V53gOxb_lHvFZw5QGI6CUIqDaOcstIcG_6Asr2dB6RpI_L2Jq7ChdXpUfZHYEjOx0U1geIDeHkLnzi7lWmm3PPSHfZMeaOMYZ1miru5nU_dliThH31ts4KDnd2h1Miw/s320/card2aimee.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq-GuqiSirAS9-Wq-bkcQ2dWfCOrnqbfH5NQICh-6QfqM7lJ-ZiNhIPuogYUS2SLZnwCSECvQCfoQuTOxhquJ-fGOkOZKCvEQhCeS4SdMcZHcaSilToLo4wC2TSVyufKL_SqXjkjnqR5M/s1600/card2aimeeclose.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682426331573168258" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq-GuqiSirAS9-Wq-bkcQ2dWfCOrnqbfH5NQICh-6QfqM7lJ-ZiNhIPuogYUS2SLZnwCSECvQCfoQuTOxhquJ-fGOkOZKCvEQhCeS4SdMcZHcaSilToLo4wC2TSVyufKL_SqXjkjnqR5M/s320/card2aimeeclose.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#cc0000;"><strong>mardi gras</strong></span> i've been waiting for the right colors to scrap these photos, and this kit filled the bill. perfectly. :)<br /></span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGG-5kNAjUI7QoM-s3RhjCoV5af3QT5rK6unav4AvIaojmc8XZnV1tg-hWFRKI6KqhHOfanpJr39H57yWmNGBoVJXMvDUwX2OGstUPTAU5CP8lHQ1pZl7cKyIaLaTchxc1pYGDsQBtz8Q/s1600/lo1aimee.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 318px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682426321806837890" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGG-5kNAjUI7QoM-s3RhjCoV5af3QT5rK6unav4AvIaojmc8XZnV1tg-hWFRKI6KqhHOfanpJr39H57yWmNGBoVJXMvDUwX2OGstUPTAU5CP8lHQ1pZl7cKyIaLaTchxc1pYGDsQBtz8Q/s320/lo1aimee.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip1I22XIaKkoZEpkb2zpn99KFWHNVXQ_-BtzYw6XOhkHAZM8ZfbT6030HcGTyWTXejWmb9Gf37YmogWadYMnNtdncQHLnlCX-RFXFcCwJ2cGmGJ8wC694A1Pf1SxwaY7IzQhxoqf2N8kQ/s1600/lo1close.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682426324239681682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip1I22XIaKkoZEpkb2zpn99KFWHNVXQ_-BtzYw6XOhkHAZM8ZfbT6030HcGTyWTXejWmb9Gf37YmogWadYMnNtdncQHLnlCX-RFXFcCwJ2cGmGJ8wC694A1Pf1SxwaY7IzQhxoqf2N8kQ/s320/lo1close.jpg" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#cc0000;"><strong>happy birthday, carla...<br /><br /></strong></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsYmRybbWxVSLQxMQvqy5m-LtrZchMxs8gMwa_7FL1l7grVuZ2t73oWvZVuKqM8stB-O60czt-6m8CWtRMsg8zDpVj7-tLxvvwZooiq5ZxEn0vpHlGCfdl-12ithxijfzC_iQs6HsIOKU/s1600/card1aimee.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 317px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682426319966469138" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsYmRybbWxVSLQxMQvqy5m-LtrZchMxs8gMwa_7FL1l7grVuZ2t73oWvZVuKqM8stB-O60czt-6m8CWtRMsg8zDpVj7-tLxvvwZooiq5ZxEn0vpHlGCfdl-12ithxijfzC_iQs6HsIOKU/s320/card1aimee.jpg" /></a> <br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">that's it for now. i'm working on my little mini about my day on 11-11-11. simple & cute. </span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>aimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05072461143163109196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8848032257649545390.post-70509787188427352812011-11-13T13:54:00.005-09:002011-11-13T14:38:01.979-09:00november's scrappy chic kit<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">fabulous fall foliage - that's what we had this fall... i can't remember a fall this beautiful! living in alaska, we don't have a lot of variety in fall leaf colors, but we had an extended fall this year (meaning it didn't snow at the beginning of october! lol ) and it was just gorgeous. </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">i made my daughter pose for a few pictures, and that's just what i got. thankfully, i got lucky and snapped one that made me gasp... </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">then, once i got the november kit from melinda at </span><a href="http://scrappychics.com/"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">scrappy chics</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">, i gasped again, because the colors were dead-on perfect for my photos. go get your kit </span><a href="http://scrappychics.com/"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">HERE</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> and be sure to check out the </span><a href="http://scrappychics.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">blog</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">. </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">check out the contest (announced on facebook - go and be a fan of Scrappy Chics!) that's being held. here's the details on the little contest...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#993399;">SC's is celebrating its one year "gone live" anniversary!!! In honor of our anniversary we want to see what you have created with our past kits. Please post any paper craft you have created with SC's kits. We will pick a winner to be a guest designer for January 2012. So send in your stuff!!! We can't wait to see it!!! :)</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbdPwGRc2qyXadFo7Zt25fzZVqlU9WWIZ8q8Ae4evshqET9NH6zAz8X193mM_NEAujRKT4PHiHiWI1_h9FDf7umfZQlFDU2DWeTj5XmVsttXNl98Z1jFUI4Mc4YpEQdGDnEaXQKCvgU_c/s1600/index.gif"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 312px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674620487283263122" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbdPwGRc2qyXadFo7Zt25fzZVqlU9WWIZ8q8Ae4evshqET9NH6zAz8X193mM_NEAujRKT4PHiHiWI1_h9FDf7umfZQlFDU2DWeTj5XmVsttXNl98Z1jFUI4Mc4YpEQdGDnEaXQKCvgU_c/s320/index.gif" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:180%;">sweet</span> here's the picture i fell in love with, and the paper that got my creative juices going!<br /></span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihnnhbMVuCCB3DMPYS73DNUaK-N0lGfFyvzc6bKpPESnMLBq8-sPFPmRFk-GazdnOyFcnsBbFx9MrLgxkylENQngXLmtS6yHSNg4YBWj07LJ9s9jzKR5J_86ZVzDsqk730QMei_b4gN1g/s1600/sweet.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 319px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674619946325801650" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihnnhbMVuCCB3DMPYS73DNUaK-N0lGfFyvzc6bKpPESnMLBq8-sPFPmRFk-GazdnOyFcnsBbFx9MrLgxkylENQngXLmtS6yHSNg4YBWj07LJ9s9jzKR5J_86ZVzDsqk730QMei_b4gN1g/s320/sweet.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaN90FxH7cAopkypK54FFCwGl79BHIaomhMKt3Ff1iLy3E8SfbISXf1YjohyeV4z7fI8Ke5r75C0D68wUxBzfSvm6Z4oNH1Aqzl7_LRkAJYFKZ7rz3y_Nk8x5QWdxd3W6naKWKiMvYC0c/s1600/sweet+close1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674619939429550034" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaN90FxH7cAopkypK54FFCwGl79BHIaomhMKt3Ff1iLy3E8SfbISXf1YjohyeV4z7fI8Ke5r75C0D68wUxBzfSvm6Z4oNH1Aqzl7_LRkAJYFKZ7rz3y_Nk8x5QWdxd3W6naKWKiMvYC0c/s320/sweet+close1.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4IsL-lFBh4ZkeY3gnwcU6IBlA-w2qPEm_hJgm78CMz2Whjc1jTWGpQq644C8-9x2vWKDnakAHTmOQVswGxkCHLsi0FfLd1qr2YgZCb7oVV_i5NXXqjHabD5BkrTi5hJyLAvNUq9NGUJw/s1600/sweet+close2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674619931892424258" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4IsL-lFBh4ZkeY3gnwcU6IBlA-w2qPEm_hJgm78CMz2Whjc1jTWGpQq644C8-9x2vWKDnakAHTmOQVswGxkCHLsi0FfLd1qr2YgZCb7oVV_i5NXXqjHabD5BkrTi5hJyLAvNUq9NGUJw/s320/sweet+close2.jpg" /></a> </div><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:180%;">little miss sunshine</span> the title says it all, until you read the journaling... lol<br /></span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2BdXC-9eeV9ZWGI9croM4TYJnttJFmKHFtkGP3jdBxPHp1rSOzg3uzOeKpvaQQJWrsq_aS604OKT_PsMmWWFnnrN0BdrBzzux5jDPRakLk9pvgF9LymwsK70Yb26GqKUP3BYNSI8vSrU/s1600/little+miss+sunshine.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 317px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674619932129928690" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2BdXC-9eeV9ZWGI9croM4TYJnttJFmKHFtkGP3jdBxPHp1rSOzg3uzOeKpvaQQJWrsq_aS604OKT_PsMmWWFnnrN0BdrBzzux5jDPRakLk9pvgF9LymwsK70Yb26GqKUP3BYNSI8vSrU/s320/little+miss+sunshine.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigKapbaxzlggKygva9iwi0x9pI7AVsxBcYkqFeVyibh9a5TBNYSLQeGXZ5MRI1yJJVRbc_kpiYclC4lwTzU8BtMUn1yaO3mr3lnSoFfMQ_f1HIAj1BsUALm2Mi7DAcowpcpl1MXWI7rb4/s1600/lmsunshine+close1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674619927302286226" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigKapbaxzlggKygva9iwi0x9pI7AVsxBcYkqFeVyibh9a5TBNYSLQeGXZ5MRI1yJJVRbc_kpiYclC4lwTzU8BtMUn1yaO3mr3lnSoFfMQ_f1HIAj1BsUALm2Mi7DAcowpcpl1MXWI7rb4/s320/lmsunshine+close1.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiItvgL0PPCYbBixTQuQ37D13Z9-tvQ0JPprWj0NplXPgycbVcBu4l8x6kV7F4BDAOvbMi4iuTlFTH1_xAo8aajFXpu8VfBj9gEQT97UbOy8bZ3WzxeQUNzX-RkQWAXWE1Um63yyoT6DWg/s1600/lmsunshine+close2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674619189197116690" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiItvgL0PPCYbBixTQuQ37D13Z9-tvQ0JPprWj0NplXPgycbVcBu4l8x6kV7F4BDAOvbMi4iuTlFTH1_xAo8aajFXpu8VfBj9gEQT97UbOy8bZ3WzxeQUNzX-RkQWAXWE1Um63yyoT6DWg/s320/lmsunshine+close2.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:180%;"> fall color<br /><br /></span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmoQYV4mC2MggMwUg4X7I96y7wDMIHXKta4dX2-PkMPSmgqDSYU1AiTyYtwXw8mntoaxXpBfRyTI95zZR2PggMNw6JDMzpMKQWWJTGooCpz_fJmTn1RMYvJTJ6uVy1gQAWsNR9ZMIqz_E/s1600/fall+color.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 318px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674619185597173986" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmoQYV4mC2MggMwUg4X7I96y7wDMIHXKta4dX2-PkMPSmgqDSYU1AiTyYtwXw8mntoaxXpBfRyTI95zZR2PggMNw6JDMzpMKQWWJTGooCpz_fJmTn1RMYvJTJ6uVy1gQAWsNR9ZMIqz_E/s320/fall+color.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRzEYOQXC1MGa00JkM5tEFb7U4rk3gyFGUCtTQspeY0OFKQqxH2HmRyrxYgtJQzZ9kWukr5OHGiF-2O4evkG4DsVJldCt_7Tj_i311nxESWPXye8QUr7hWMLuh4isWt1c8SjPomiaINjU/s1600/fall+color+close1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674619178941907314" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRzEYOQXC1MGa00JkM5tEFb7U4rk3gyFGUCtTQspeY0OFKQqxH2HmRyrxYgtJQzZ9kWukr5OHGiF-2O4evkG4DsVJldCt_7Tj_i311nxESWPXye8QUr7hWMLuh4isWt1c8SjPomiaINjU/s320/fall+color+close1.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_G0UpC9pzF9KiO5uBOofxv9cx8nn0BuMHBd59sD0vDQq70_eB6rzZpldBRZEwnyZLchRGDG2KJIAsmutjGnH_g6n_3jUrg0HUASWS9QhySaULwyxajzv8qNk50ijZ33OPu9FLNSy_iwc/s1600/fall+color+close2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674619175204799314" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_G0UpC9pzF9KiO5uBOofxv9cx8nn0BuMHBd59sD0vDQq70_eB6rzZpldBRZEwnyZLchRGDG2KJIAsmutjGnH_g6n_3jUrg0HUASWS9QhySaULwyxajzv8qNk50ijZ33OPu9FLNSy_iwc/s320/fall+color+close2.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:180%;">birthday cards...</span> need i say more?</span></div><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_NGi1sNKv46mtkM-_VePgggi4SzVkbt6jQqeuPIWpFktVkBSSkEb0MxjZHYk-sTX39VXIOGWOsl9la_wh2fN2klnmX_djus-a_O3FG1QYks53LyOtmRDf4r5OHnpNsJ-dw1EageDDebI/s1600/card1aimee.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674619174317955794" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_NGi1sNKv46mtkM-_VePgggi4SzVkbt6jQqeuPIWpFktVkBSSkEb0MxjZHYk-sTX39VXIOGWOsl9la_wh2fN2klnmX_djus-a_O3FG1QYks53LyOtmRDf4r5OHnpNsJ-dw1EageDDebI/s320/card1aimee.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNyF_58RzpG-WqASVVQrHyGncC7-VTVrbLWT70Pvlr2CpRYy21IzgK7p1_6GbV4gCHZlmRZhl6A08IvBv0A6AqfWPoykSyqG7RnzmnweKYqVnBisaZ6vQ4mp3JH4kGmdGUkFI7lP_b0vs/s1600/card1close.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674618551350992002" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAPzDpxsqEypRQuVZa1DrtWFSkokGSicR56Dtklg2yNFBPsNnX3tSq7i-hIC5yaVCGcEUAsfHA43b71nWBJuhv6tlcMhnxpjWZz-vTOfzYa6tEAht3plfqhmV6ZkIK80lJ_jYsAAD293k/s320/card2close.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLMF2pEHPXzt-G7pRV_YERJbXM3WSFVDFmeFx3ug70gwgbmgxHF_Z1ABuWshfETcL6WejMA4qRQiPb4fipYLqXuc4fngfvRzJTEzyvRhkzKHF48BYUnHQF1lT9KD6_TByvo717yfExc48/s1600/card3aimee.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674618544366490338" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLMF2pEHPXzt-G7pRV_YERJbXM3WSFVDFmeFx3ug70gwgbmgxHF_Z1ABuWshfETcL6WejMA4qRQiPb4fipYLqXuc4fngfvRzJTEzyvRhkzKHF48BYUnHQF1lT9KD6_TByvo717yfExc48/s320/card3aimee.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxfIOwjG2c-CDHYZlu9fhrKCmFqyPh-2sMtXxr3lIkStgKeetkAux2UoAaeK7pDIShW0-Agqzp2glvD0fTqmDyCwMTSLotKZ3sm9JeuoUcZL8QBdPCH4G5r_rUkD8MtdPaS7THa38ocZI/s1600/card3+close.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674618542567382018" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxfIOwjG2c-CDHYZlu9fhrKCmFqyPh-2sMtXxr3lIkStgKeetkAux2UoAaeK7pDIShW0-Agqzp2glvD0fTqmDyCwMTSLotKZ3sm9JeuoUcZL8QBdPCH4G5r_rUkD8MtdPaS7THa38ocZI/s320/card3+close.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div>well, that's all folks - just got word that the december kit is in town & i can't wait to get my hands on it - thanks, melinda, for having me on the team, and thanks, heather, for delivering the kit for me! :)</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>aimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05072461143163109196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8848032257649545390.post-79707640657056409702011-10-02T15:23:00.003-08:002011-10-02T15:56:32.715-08:00october scrappy chics kit...<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:180%;">gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous kit!!!</span> </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">i LOVE the line - one i haven't had the pleasure of playing with before - it's called <em>authentique</em>. you can find ordering info <span style="font-size:180%;"><a href="http://scrappychics.com/">here</a></span>... as always, melinda has pulled together an amazing array of product. thanks, melinda - i know this month was crazy for you!</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#990000;">thrifty fashionista</span> my first layout is one of sam, wearing a dress i bought when she was a year old. i used a piece of ki memories die-cut paper (both the die-cut paper and mists are from my stash) as a mask for the background, and sprayed with a couple of mists.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-SkbGIuDg8vKk_F69ItIwj1NPjdlKdNftf5ysFkNFNwfOtD3EEhkh1-txAlkF-XWjZ1tFxu-JPWFh7uA3-ydZV24SIJBNIcXoPJlnYsz1QI8ORFqNNpoH6P3RvszbnsiQBGKrExVRdPU/s1600/fashionista.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 317px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659041925825265250" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-SkbGIuDg8vKk_F69ItIwj1NPjdlKdNftf5ysFkNFNwfOtD3EEhkh1-txAlkF-XWjZ1tFxu-JPWFh7uA3-ydZV24SIJBNIcXoPJlnYsz1QI8ORFqNNpoH6P3RvszbnsiQBGKrExVRdPU/s320/fashionista.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmSMQS8tWSGUYWaWUfxHIMeXUkP7juxmi2gwZxN0hUOKf32Xn6yeKSXAxf8Y3LIq5e39GnRT-UE6Vr8EsOreKTCpYTreXeYTRMO_HdijqO_5_oV4jqRKo9P1RlcHr96k0G8KbRNO0u5-U/s1600/fashionista+close.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659041928232951522" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmSMQS8tWSGUYWaWUfxHIMeXUkP7juxmi2gwZxN0hUOKf32Xn6yeKSXAxf8Y3LIq5e39GnRT-UE6Vr8EsOreKTCpYTreXeYTRMO_HdijqO_5_oV4jqRKo9P1RlcHr96k0G8KbRNO0u5-U/s320/fashionista+close.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6dcWO-Odp-ropi62ibO3nv_Yu1dLfXDxzG9uzdc8sacDJjB9puMgVtZE5LpRkQprT-6sUkbuOg0X3-GF_Z_BBjR0ViqPAq3TsW-n4MzrGIQuQAKwMk4K5Qv9JUOP31z87dcfheyPuzRQ/s1600/fashionista+close2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659041922348116946" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6dcWO-Odp-ropi62ibO3nv_Yu1dLfXDxzG9uzdc8sacDJjB9puMgVtZE5LpRkQprT-6sUkbuOg0X3-GF_Z_BBjR0ViqPAq3TsW-n4MzrGIQuQAKwMk4K5Qv9JUOP31z87dcfheyPuzRQ/s320/fashionista+close2.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /></span><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#999999;">meeting fritz</span> a simple layout, using a sketch from sketchy thursdays - perfect for these pictures of sam meeting her second cousin...</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZK8imx18RAX3-1RjAvrqj_k3rNr4vPDOlBaaniqs14c2G679wCEw5eNlYfX9Q8kMO2ZaNEi_u_8tBqujuO7ZbvkIGXJScJGiSfUwvS8C1aZkqXthKFWwpUCYLhfOs0KE-Ll1cUElSOZo/s1600/meeting+fritz.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 315px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659041270046661186" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZK8imx18RAX3-1RjAvrqj_k3rNr4vPDOlBaaniqs14c2G679wCEw5eNlYfX9Q8kMO2ZaNEi_u_8tBqujuO7ZbvkIGXJScJGiSfUwvS8C1aZkqXthKFWwpUCYLhfOs0KE-Ll1cUElSOZo/s320/meeting+fritz.jpg" /></span></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb1BDvflLp4K5oswqlUhPxC73r2nOR_vNVgBf-gxs_xxibCMFw7fonTxyOL0yop4rFURME8Zt9rmj02m3uzDgEktqVG97o5GOrlILJLzsDrpmPwQLzWdKVD_sRAkRor0VWiVGChnrRh8c/s1600/mf+close.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 188px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659041270114794962" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb1BDvflLp4K5oswqlUhPxC73r2nOR_vNVgBf-gxs_xxibCMFw7fonTxyOL0yop4rFURME8Zt9rmj02m3uzDgEktqVG97o5GOrlILJLzsDrpmPwQLzWdKVD_sRAkRor0VWiVGChnrRh8c/s320/mf+close.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><span style="color:#ff9966;">she</span></strong> (mini book)</span> i was thrilled to find a mini in the kit this month - my only problem was deciding what to do with it... i ended up printing out some of my favorite pictures of my girl in black and white, and making a mini called simply, "she" with the inside pages having verb titles. the chipboard pages were painted with a charcoal acrylic, then a variety of painting techniques were used on top of that.<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv482Mba2vG5rnZPxRw5QKD6DYkDkNrWTgM83NBLoCc0ayXklgvDmqgh0siafakNEirmUAiVJB4zV8IFMPomosZSt7HqlwMFEA9ENYt3xleyz2pojihfaQ3696ErDMZBLfYo9ZvFNWEiE/s1600/she+mini+book.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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<br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><strong>words to live by</strong></span> (sketch based on a sketch from sketchy thursdays) i used a mirror image of this sketch, and bumped up the journaling area. used a lot of paint on this one - smudged brown paint on the pink cardstock, then dribbled some grayish-black paint on top of that.
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<br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">well, that's september's kit. actually, it's a small PORTION of september's kit - the kits are always so full of scrappy goodness that i always have plenty left to use for other projects. i guess it helps that i'm naturally thrifty, though, and like to stretch my supplies! </span></div>
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<br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">best of luck to <a href="http://scrappychics.blogspot.com/">melinda</a> at scrappy chics - she's flyin' the coop and LEAVING alaska! we'll miss her up here, but all you lucky lower 48'ers will get a chance to meet her, maybe - she'll be more centrally located on the west coast! lucky for me, though, we'll keep in touch - and when i visit her area, i'm SO going to pop in & see her!</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br />aimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05072461143163109196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8848032257649545390.post-75670793891499573712011-08-24T05:28:00.002-08:002011-08-24T05:33:31.870-08:00look! <a href="http://blog.makingmemories.com/2011/08/todays-guest-designer-aimee-matteucci.html">making memories</a> asked me to be a guest designer for their blog!!! sooo exciting! here's what i did - i couldn't decide on one...
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<br />you can go over to the <a href="http://blog.makingmemories.com/2011/08/todays-guest-designer-aimee-matteucci.html">making memories</a> blog to get descriptions of products used and some tips.
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<br />thanks for looking, and letting me toot my own horn... ;)
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<br />aimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05072461143163109196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8848032257649545390.post-5624746941447138082011-08-09T09:36:00.000-08:002011-08-09T09:49:32.866-08:00reminiscing...i was recently purging some cabinets and found some old pictures of my hubby and i with our (now 15 year old) daughter. i got rid of the picture frames they were in, but was inspired by this sketch from <a href="http://www.pagemaps.com/index.htm">pagemaps</a> to create this layout...
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<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnWUwRXvWZvhnO6ACMWB5utZ3ufIyW2FGTx5eav3tIueqXX2sn_duE37UCByVlkOW-NaQBua8Md2D1b7uxf6y6uPwa63aubhH_-COWDf9x7Dc4yJmvrIwho6Xju7fTU-Tz8xf7SpzunLs/s1600/jun1112x12e.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638911939200562418" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnWUwRXvWZvhnO6ACMWB5utZ3ufIyW2FGTx5eav3tIueqXX2sn_duE37UCByVlkOW-NaQBua8Md2D1b7uxf6y6uPwa63aubhH_-COWDf9x7Dc4yJmvrIwho6Xju7fTU-Tz8xf7SpzunLs/s320/jun1112x12e.jpg" /></a>
<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:180%;color:#ff0000;">picture of love</span> i had fun with this! the black background rubon i've had in my stash FOREVER - it's dee's designs distressed effects (circa 2005!) and the papers are a mix of basic grey and fancy pants. i just love how it turned out. i have a big clipboard that i'm using to display this layout, i love it that much!
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<br />as always, thanks for checking my stuff out. keep an eye out for next month's scrappy chic kit - i'm hard at work on it! i've already got one project done - using something found from around the house that quit working, and i'm wrapping up my second layout... i'm not sure i'm done! :)</div></div></div>
<br />aimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05072461143163109196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8848032257649545390.post-13713846217441980812011-08-01T21:04:00.000-08:002011-08-01T21:09:59.101-08:00feeling sketchyi've forgotten how much fun it is to play along with <a href="http://sketchinspiration.ning.com/">sketch inspiration</a>... she's got some awesome sketches over there, and this one just fit the photo i wanted to work with. this is sketch #231.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqnevUPceOwcRPv30nAuxg0s_n0TSDc27c6PZ4Cwqgi6H4azWOXFzaR_cIQUep6OljPxjqlXHjtgBf4L8QyXlNrW6yVtt34Orye_vfdwZuSFk-DBtGpor4JnrWJ5w0Wi69zNSoV3LGISk/s1600/sketch231.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 318px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636120274943167842" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqnevUPceOwcRPv30nAuxg0s_n0TSDc27c6PZ4Cwqgi6H4azWOXFzaR_cIQUep6OljPxjqlXHjtgBf4L8QyXlNrW6yVtt34Orye_vfdwZuSFk-DBtGpor4JnrWJ5w0Wi69zNSoV3LGISk/s320/sketch231.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCq8En_65jEZ6iShfg17Owf-5FYXslg4W5Z_V9PhT9hvgYbnfJdrMkqR_UCgARqzKyG62195Mp2p1t1WvQgDHxsNUlk0Pt7iiex4dhRko9nJklX4SLLkG44I4i8tVxrEDM6MJ-_nhPRiY/s1600/contradiction.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 319px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636120273363241234" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCq8En_65jEZ6iShfg17Owf-5FYXslg4W5Z_V9PhT9hvgYbnfJdrMkqR_UCgARqzKyG62195Mp2p1t1WvQgDHxsNUlk0Pt7iiex4dhRko9nJklX4SLLkG44I4i8tVxrEDM6MJ-_nhPRiY/s320/contradiction.jpg" /></a><br />i dribbled liquid watercolor on the cs, but it was taking too long to dry, so i blew on it a bit. i like the effect. for a bit of dimension, i glued on some baker's twine around the edges of the shaped pp.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWrACLXXPmCNeMgQEhfMwhJwUc1n2i2hg_q11s_sMjTYUolDqZ7H5gHqGl6aO0qmWn1A8zINDIrjpRUmJb6qYo5MGuYzkY5qWghiZJ_6EWKxbxPxAWKZxI0jB3uj3oK8xMfYSpsw0-P7U/s1600/contradiction+close.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636120272015096402" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWrACLXXPmCNeMgQEhfMwhJwUc1n2i2hg_q11s_sMjTYUolDqZ7H5gHqGl6aO0qmWn1A8zINDIrjpRUmJb6qYo5MGuYzkY5qWghiZJ_6EWKxbxPxAWKZxI0jB3uj3oK8xMfYSpsw0-P7U/s320/contradiction+close.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqjldWeiioinSD29jw0AdZdzY5XVq3arpETTdZjzYjVzQmU8RQERKXBVudwirtLMsx-zrbkUbcXluw6EXfV1CBGIO1X57xmKCBRP9OFr6tJgdhyphenhyphenr29tXwtrqo1QKwm28g88Cfm3u3SAoY/s1600/contradiction+close2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636120267453415106" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqjldWeiioinSD29jw0AdZdzY5XVq3arpETTdZjzYjVzQmU8RQERKXBVudwirtLMsx-zrbkUbcXluw6EXfV1CBGIO1X57xmKCBRP9OFr6tJgdhyphenhyphenr29tXwtrqo1QKwm28g88Cfm3u3SAoY/s320/contradiction+close2.jpg" /></a><br /><br />thanks for looking... <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div>aimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05072461143163109196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8848032257649545390.post-12419064445480306052011-08-01T07:26:00.004-08:002011-08-01T08:33:41.138-08:00scrappy chics * august 2011<em>here it is... </em><br /><br /><a href="http://scrappychics.com/">Scrappy Chic's </a>august kit!<br /><br />it's stuffed with everything you need to document your summer activities! i love how the october afternoon and pink paislee products mix it up. as usual, miss melinda does an amazing job choosing product for her kit! thanks, melinda...<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz40-Vh3Uma8edP541x_SlbaN0vMrt06iG9bIjxQV0J9jrUH6PhyiOL-gqBpCu-zRwDeDamOz-7GEtF1Ol9AiJovekQ_WRFHBdRtU7RqWDt1_n7NIg84bN_O5iNMVpb4fLu6oJldt3R_w/s1600/kit.gif"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 312px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635914183555074978" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz40-Vh3Uma8edP541x_SlbaN0vMrt06iG9bIjxQV0J9jrUH6PhyiOL-gqBpCu-zRwDeDamOz-7GEtF1Ol9AiJovekQ_WRFHBdRtU7RqWDt1_n7NIg84bN_O5iNMVpb4fLu6oJldt3R_w/s320/kit.gif" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />here's what i did with my kit...<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color:#99ff99;"><span style="font-size:180%;">bittersweet</span> </span>for this layout, i used a piece of white cs from my stash, along with some mists to coordinate with the sea-green patterned paper from the kit. i hand cut a wave and temporarily adhered it to the cs before misting, for a stand-out title accent. for the word sweet, i traced the pink paislee alpha onto the cs, then hand cut it out with my trusty exacto knife, and layered the lace fabric from the kit under it with green cs... i hand cut some of the wave paper & layered that at the bottom, using pop dots for dimension, to mimic the picture. doodling, stitching, and handwritten journaling finish this layout.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3yfSdF4jGfub046AU0XcmylxHfXB6VLDub5O9WVqhCg2uSnoxRvIrKYPYf4mwFBbB_OM2LafTuD_OxPfpcjJi0QTpO37Qnk6skjomUyNApvTdpwqUCARJBjq7xal_tOXueLLWt-2d1po/s1600/bittersweet+forum.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 313px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635910965910422754" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3yfSdF4jGfub046AU0XcmylxHfXB6VLDub5O9WVqhCg2uSnoxRvIrKYPYf4mwFBbB_OM2LafTuD_OxPfpcjJi0QTpO37Qnk6skjomUyNApvTdpwqUCARJBjq7xal_tOXueLLWt-2d1po/s320/bittersweet+forum.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihFeDfFpqOjduISJb2z5-aLZZ_48fAHy79v8y_dYZ7cqBnq7Y_alZ32l5sONbc3h7cSPDZMqX5FGL0zsbQktB0f3_P1YW2UBeQfvQIur5hbnk89eZ-2sYl86I0xEqO3sAe8aHyoMbGG3Y/s1600/bittersweet+journaling.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635910965940876290" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihFeDfFpqOjduISJb2z5-aLZZ_48fAHy79v8y_dYZ7cqBnq7Y_alZ32l5sONbc3h7cSPDZMqX5FGL0zsbQktB0f3_P1YW2UBeQfvQIur5hbnk89eZ-2sYl86I0xEqO3sAe8aHyoMbGG3Y/s320/bittersweet+journaling.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK3GWp-lRQdH3_Nxzz6jpCNs1WfM2rN5_aCeGiaX0FYD1L2gS2uTFuvPiYrPhOlBXM5WBY1CCalDDL4y2J8cDffxpZtz41-APynI0eOvJDYwZHE9QBkdzCKKcF6TEeC0aUEzyfwMNFsm0/s1600/bittersweet+sneak.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635910959113830610" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK3GWp-lRQdH3_Nxzz6jpCNs1WfM2rN5_aCeGiaX0FYD1L2gS2uTFuvPiYrPhOlBXM5WBY1CCalDDL4y2J8cDffxpZtz41-APynI0eOvJDYwZHE9QBkdzCKKcF6TEeC0aUEzyfwMNFsm0/s320/bittersweet+sneak.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;">10 things i love about summer</span> what a fun little mini! i used red smooch spray ink to color the chipboard, and some green smooch ink for the rind. stazon black ink was used for the seeds - i took all the seeds and the rind out before coloring, then when dry, i put them back in with a little glue to keep them in place. everything is from the kit, except for the green and yellow ribbon i used.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVV4rZFn8Y_OGmClCvQrn-AhgO7mKQaiBy3323IS5ALBfrELM0vyI4NY8DFizsvlivpHRpgjqXIMP4-4vzFfgbPexhS1_WShOtfDSKWiC5uC27ebqbR3dkiIsT6O7KO17spaN3StQT7TM/s1600/mini+cover.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 156px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635910426108478002" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAkFQgNIfijxoww_hNSyjikLC2JmZn2QG7_ouKkSRbOvJUvfprhplWAG8sxBphcLIQXsEZ4tJD-EWFdkqWpII50jefevMY8CQtCvlzrJCnXivXAZPrTINH7kLqAmuRmxaEV1ZhiuVeoFo/s320/mini+6+and7.jpg" /></a> </div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8hpnRlWrTJDo1Bv5qkCPu8FASZwfaaD6BO-B3F0_lGcqrZP1kYaFILpNePSMLPXmfLoJ_IV_sdcl01zifTt5oWL0MFaFFtuz7Zn8YWj8jwSBvK04MSuRNR-swVxK3ejbpyT3ZDhTSHX0/s1600/mini+8+and9.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 154px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635910421738899970" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8hpnRlWrTJDo1Bv5qkCPu8FASZwfaaD6BO-B3F0_lGcqrZP1kYaFILpNePSMLPXmfLoJ_IV_sdcl01zifTt5oWL0MFaFFtuz7Zn8YWj8jwSBvK04MSuRNR-swVxK3ejbpyT3ZDhTSHX0/s320/mini+8+and9.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMGEjsNiB0-vKul8AKGVZfb6ItXw3fguBPsRgJDH-3hKC_mQXvqw0Ez9ePE3TKx92zRcrkcNrXKBvx8kZpCYOTP89CWVh8kbuOaD4GgaWHeyczg6ikc595G-bIGfXstJpk81qrPAtMJ0c/s1600/mini+last+page.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635910420104057218" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMGEjsNiB0-vKul8AKGVZfb6ItXw3fguBPsRgJDH-3hKC_mQXvqw0Ez9ePE3TKx92zRcrkcNrXKBvx8kZpCYOTP89CWVh8kbuOaD4GgaWHeyczg6ikc595G-bIGfXstJpk81qrPAtMJ0c/s320/mini+last+page.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;color:#006600;">her smile</span> hand cut title, lace fabric background, liz qualman sketch, photo altered at befunky.com = one of my new favorite layouts... :)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMK2TplXCiw_wzqjCDrmCEKPUyUhEDJrRM45zGXd34WxnqUhgPD_gkGePBiXVLA1Ub25H6C_uMQCVBcnk0h68_rdbyqh7HnIvthoXdFu6uW_tZYFrCLM8Zf6thmDtaj7HjGGgNGAchu_w/s1600/smile+forum.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 314px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635909950075783378" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMK2TplXCiw_wzqjCDrmCEKPUyUhEDJrRM45zGXd34WxnqUhgPD_gkGePBiXVLA1Ub25H6C_uMQCVBcnk0h68_rdbyqh7HnIvthoXdFu6uW_tZYFrCLM8Zf6thmDtaj7HjGGgNGAchu_w/s320/smile+forum.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk-x1xvWD789raIAjW7Ccndk6_m2oKFbSSwPL7x0KfqdhiCf_bMgsMDSFK572p6mXMlFJE7272Ku6eySKz3F41DvZiGkn-znFaTkupuENbSkZkJst5-trVGEfwqsYFfwt1ek413mtigGY/s1600/smile+sneak.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635909946914294434" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk-x1xvWD789raIAjW7Ccndk6_m2oKFbSSwPL7x0KfqdhiCf_bMgsMDSFK572p6mXMlFJE7272Ku6eySKz3F41DvZiGkn-znFaTkupuENbSkZkJst5-trVGEfwqsYFfwt1ek413mtigGY/s320/smile+sneak.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihfWqzOoLxczAv2477OWxbS7MgW_QdkcITVVln3hXEocxY7RJI2TAcGulv4d_hlVi7jB6bKUGS6ByfkAivz3oT3XXOHkGm3kA_FzBp-c6kyREMKj0lJopPDWpqERl9bf4YrD_WULUaBDs/s1600/smile+sneak+2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635909941534314082" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihfWqzOoLxczAv2477OWxbS7MgW_QdkcITVVln3hXEocxY7RJI2TAcGulv4d_hlVi7jB6bKUGS6ByfkAivz3oT3XXOHkGm3kA_FzBp-c6kyREMKj0lJopPDWpqERl9bf4YrD_WULUaBDs/s320/smile+sneak+2.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;color:#000066;">go</span> this picture was taken with my phone, using an app called vignette demo. layout based on a mishmash of pagemaps sketches...<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNedu5fXZX4eAI-ELdKYT8kgCZEuqNWN1bwLOIYmWsl7ktJzJKgWZ9-EPuuO42itZkQvJpAYkt8vbKTfSx-Hi-imcoz-j86h7PIaRGc58Y4SN9sLs4Jo7wr_qs446LhyEIJaRd5EPzyQQ/s1600/lo1aimee.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 317px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635909942772023810" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNedu5fXZX4eAI-ELdKYT8kgCZEuqNWN1bwLOIYmWsl7ktJzJKgWZ9-EPuuO42itZkQvJpAYkt8vbKTfSx-Hi-imcoz-j86h7PIaRGc58Y4SN9sLs4Jo7wr_qs446LhyEIJaRd5EPzyQQ/s320/lo1aimee.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizIMjPnN7n_YiQ1g14hoA0EUuXeSKgayleBm3K0gf7kdTQxgD19pZPSiwVsG86iwaCD1BKU6ovd_PqN5CgxqrtvVrIZ0RAQUwcqg_iud85JeHN7ICYGw-FcMp1tJPuaERHBBfhDsyXn_I/s1600/go+sneak.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635909940273952658" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizIMjPnN7n_YiQ1g14hoA0EUuXeSKgayleBm3K0gf7kdTQxgD19pZPSiwVsG86iwaCD1BKU6ovd_PqN5CgxqrtvVrIZ0RAQUwcqg_iud85JeHN7ICYGw-FcMp1tJPuaERHBBfhDsyXn_I/s320/go+sneak.jpg" /></a> can you believe it's august already? sighhhhh... back to work in just 10 short days. to tell you the truth, though, i'm almost ready for it. :) </div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>be back later with a layout based on a weekly sketch inspirations sketch...</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>thanks for looking!<br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>aimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05072461143163109196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8848032257649545390.post-44507392753100674612011-07-01T08:39:00.003-08:002011-07-01T09:22:04.623-08:00july scrappy chics kitjuly's kit was full of bright colors with a touch of black. that just happens to be my new favorite color scheme!<br /><br />here's a shot of what you get in the kit,<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidD9DkXQHFtfDzLshCY0Z0HJXvHABvksT-3agsJ3rDhOa-p9gvYvR5_UG4TcVPyUgvz3jssU4jjwlIBmVChBJhhoGhQCoyDn0r4-1-CgAQuFEEJ6cNGcybJHDXzGYlFH6VcOhfTzsGeMs/s1600/index.gif"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 312px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624429448708279266" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidD9DkXQHFtfDzLshCY0Z0HJXvHABvksT-3agsJ3rDhOa-p9gvYvR5_UG4TcVPyUgvz3jssU4jjwlIBmVChBJhhoGhQCoyDn0r4-1-CgAQuFEEJ6cNGcybJHDXzGYlFH6VcOhfTzsGeMs/s320/index.gif" /></a><br /><br /><div align="left">and HERE's where you go to get it! </div><br /><div align="left"><a href="http://scrappychics.com/"><span style="font-size:180%;">scrappy chics website</span></a><br /><br /><br /><br />my first layout with kit supplies - <strong>GOOSED</strong> - is a series of pictures of my daughter and i. my dad had my camera, and his job was to take some pictures of us. simple, right? well, i made the mistake of putting my arm around my ticklish daughter's waist, and her shoulder jerked up and hit my chin. yikes. guess i don't have to worry too much about boys gettin' fresh - she'll knock 'em out. accidentally. :)<br /><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpuPQszV1Lq5m2u-QcsXbFKbhVmaBkU5l2ZYgzm428L0Sp_nnoGXO1Hgdc9-SyrEi4AxlX3XYFDlTManeaAfVk3cRxXTaZ_-0IreTFZsVFyJN6zugKmZg2o6mPtiWluXxinDGxHSkI9HE/s1600/lo1aimee.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 315px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624427956339705554" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpuPQszV1Lq5m2u-QcsXbFKbhVmaBkU5l2ZYgzm428L0Sp_nnoGXO1Hgdc9-SyrEi4AxlX3XYFDlTManeaAfVk3cRxXTaZ_-0IreTFZsVFyJN6zugKmZg2o6mPtiWluXxinDGxHSkI9HE/s320/lo1aimee.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE91KS_6UgbrzbsG5G_QRLjck2Rbix62O32nqKis4hUbSS-ekTvap8UTM9x6GpN9xmaz1OT2-2nE49gD80uGPxr4R7TuhhlDzkPMHTaAAjqG76_V9KWJqne-clJjJuyeWuRECxnVFzvu4/s1600/close+lo1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624425364801335778" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE91KS_6UgbrzbsG5G_QRLjck2Rbix62O32nqKis4hUbSS-ekTvap8UTM9x6GpN9xmaz1OT2-2nE49gD80uGPxr4R7TuhhlDzkPMHTaAAjqG76_V9KWJqne-clJjJuyeWuRECxnVFzvu4/s320/close+lo1.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />next layout - <span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>my <em>mom</em></strong></span> - i used a sketch from pagemaps for this one... the flower, twine & the bling on the tiny flowers are from my stash, everything else is from the kit.<br /><br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL4RlC_P4F_-l04od8cA4cgNNRPazPt5vYhaQhU6KLEN68s92IQGFdZQQZdxUcc7jIAGL1jYYPtYmsapoLpeMybXu5KXUOSdGteJziVliAiLpzGfUxi9nQJuc8bQ_IwWXUugxYshRhwuM/s1600/lo2aimee.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 319px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624425360637588162" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL4RlC_P4F_-l04od8cA4cgNNRPazPt5vYhaQhU6KLEN68s92IQGFdZQQZdxUcc7jIAGL1jYYPtYmsapoLpeMybXu5KXUOSdGteJziVliAiLpzGfUxi9nQJuc8bQ_IwWXUugxYshRhwuM/s320/lo2aimee.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7yJZpt6zOaLcUjKuB26wJDp827ruq2l2Q1w4StzucvrMfdxO-X3sAL3PrcZBP6j3xWeExJfxNPWwKeEjt87CVVAVdL1VicwwtG_AsYMTym4fshblg0M5hmurv1ePCWJz2_lwh-3Fsoe4/s1600/close+lo2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624425358516775970" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7yJZpt6zOaLcUjKuB26wJDp827ruq2l2Q1w4StzucvrMfdxO-X3sAL3PrcZBP6j3xWeExJfxNPWwKeEjt87CVVAVdL1VicwwtG_AsYMTym4fshblg0M5hmurv1ePCWJz2_lwh-3Fsoe4/s320/close+lo2.jpg" /></a><br /><br />i made a few cards with the kit... smooch spray ink (from my stash) was used in all three.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBfds6B62GA13wLEvhqML7YuBRFVen8nWKNXcaPo8sNRODs7i2-Aw3XIlesFUbU0RL5ge8odd5Ci4m_BPFTbNnotBuIsJ7WsfNYgCItpojF5578f0Gl4TZ_lDrEbPops75V01sXjCEpxE/s1600/card1aimee.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624425350598820594" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBfds6B62GA13wLEvhqML7YuBRFVen8nWKNXcaPo8sNRODs7i2-Aw3XIlesFUbU0RL5ge8odd5Ci4m_BPFTbNnotBuIsJ7WsfNYgCItpojF5578f0Gl4TZ_lDrEbPops75V01sXjCEpxE/s320/card1aimee.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGn1lY18nvqaEKf9d6_hCMFcxTkfMyjm_rmenOotfl5tdb9TfnFmQ-VNERroNZkdcyrDgYkWdyIGX7xB8TH1L0_tWT8kKcYcDUpTNt-z1I4P6D32WDxLm8cSapaf0xbQsN0FeLPqG2OUo/s1600/close+card1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624425349085830194" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGn1lY18nvqaEKf9d6_hCMFcxTkfMyjm_rmenOotfl5tdb9TfnFmQ-VNERroNZkdcyrDgYkWdyIGX7xB8TH1L0_tWT8kKcYcDUpTNt-z1I4P6D32WDxLm8cSapaf0xbQsN0FeLPqG2OUo/s320/close+card1.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi41dE5gi4XqSwgHXz41bSy-5mN0iWloif11Vd7wr3LuAwOcTfk3BDRoW_O_hG-INbsP52IeBdZEnL3uitPWBZtHX-jwn3oUfqW3iRSouE84_d4Focp7amV6mOeM5wNhqnxc8D0D2hxW7U/s1600/card2aimee.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624424980326850658" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi41dE5gi4XqSwgHXz41bSy-5mN0iWloif11Vd7wr3LuAwOcTfk3BDRoW_O_hG-INbsP52IeBdZEnL3uitPWBZtHX-jwn3oUfqW3iRSouE84_d4Focp7amV6mOeM5wNhqnxc8D0D2hxW7U/s320/card2aimee.jpg" /></a> <br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWkETbGdEuVy9680ZKR98v6XkSikmZa-f6u5lJicyjmNRxbjG0by4w7s5GO2nL6oUdvRDoPyl47LrYdWdVHlcyOOmJK_qxKcboyx1QkBkJAyf-1CE5FPHXCqfV91mC-ZgCG2COBt0IG-c/s1600/close+card2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624424974749867730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWkETbGdEuVy9680ZKR98v6XkSikmZa-f6u5lJicyjmNRxbjG0by4w7s5GO2nL6oUdvRDoPyl47LrYdWdVHlcyOOmJK_qxKcboyx1QkBkJAyf-1CE5FPHXCqfV91mC-ZgCG2COBt0IG-c/s320/close+card2.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNGYQdoDj_FQ2LjmoOCF32kPYkb-WDiFipXsMUJek7jO_8F9DCHQGu1NiidCKhWjbz3m6BWjUuwFddccFpVm8PeqYjNHDHxWTDFsbFInOESgRppt3A1ENNJvVFcWTXHTptI0YOwB83bj0/s1600/card3aimee.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 231px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624424971213630146" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNGYQdoDj_FQ2LjmoOCF32kPYkb-WDiFipXsMUJek7jO_8F9DCHQGu1NiidCKhWjbz3m6BWjUuwFddccFpVm8PeqYjNHDHxWTDFsbFInOESgRppt3A1ENNJvVFcWTXHTptI0YOwB83bj0/s320/card3aimee.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><br />and for my project, i altered an acrylic frame that i'd had laying around forever...<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX7gog0IxDR_hXLIkDOgsIM4XdHTuOaPgkcpvgFVgeq0aRvoA3tkdgcn_8XZvDaZ6aW-CaIq8AFiyMotHpmaaB7GCC0CuKe0GwA0AuqST1PqKzFA1s_jClefknITuPpIyM5hyphenhyphenJhDlFflU/s1600/project1aimee.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 139px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624424964031780050" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX7gog0IxDR_hXLIkDOgsIM4XdHTuOaPgkcpvgFVgeq0aRvoA3tkdgcn_8XZvDaZ6aW-CaIq8AFiyMotHpmaaB7GCC0CuKe0GwA0AuqST1PqKzFA1s_jClefknITuPpIyM5hyphenhyphenJhDlFflU/s320/project1aimee.jpg" /></a><br />as always, thanks for looking - and have a wonderful holiday weekend! take lots of pics!<br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>aimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05072461143163109196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8848032257649545390.post-73914498338790815292011-06-01T07:16:00.002-08:002011-06-01T07:43:18.228-08:00june scrappy chics...<span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;"><strong>favorite. kit. ever.</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">yeah, i know. i say that every time, but seriously, wow. melinda has such an eye for putting kits together... i predict this kit will sell out the fastest yet!!! go now, go fast (mention my name when you order) and </span><a href="http://scrappychics.com/index.htm"><span style="font-family:verdana;">GET YOURS</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">. :)</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">for the first layout, i used a sketch from liz qualman. i love her sketches... photo was altered at befunky.com. love that site, too!</span><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgda8BB7rqAG_4dX-Vi7EHZjdxue6AiMqZvdHiAZRiYw0pfB4aYUE7POl1reyRBTnMmjxUSHoM-gov-WigMyTPMWrukTUN61zbZ0vn08BEVCFeT7s3Q0dKhEEA908EsdL0rCn59Ycw9e08/s1600/lo1aimee.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 311px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613272464301357746" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgda8BB7rqAG_4dX-Vi7EHZjdxue6AiMqZvdHiAZRiYw0pfB4aYUE7POl1reyRBTnMmjxUSHoM-gov-WigMyTPMWrukTUN61zbZ0vn08BEVCFeT7s3Q0dKhEEA908EsdL0rCn59Ycw9e08/s320/lo1aimee.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY5e0E8UtvkTaPEyYlvGYhS5yyYZGCqfTCjaMDkxStZ2Ri3jIsOMQ5ZTu7QnFwbira87o_SdQLrO1IhBQl9WHv1SC4CsAO6S_VA4tmjX5N2SeMpj9VPE6-7Bz9HvCBi5txGevkjkwlzFM/s1600/before+my+eyes+close1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613272460721353922" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY5e0E8UtvkTaPEyYlvGYhS5yyYZGCqfTCjaMDkxStZ2Ri3jIsOMQ5ZTu7QnFwbira87o_SdQLrO1IhBQl9WHv1SC4CsAO6S_VA4tmjX5N2SeMpj9VPE6-7Bz9HvCBi5txGevkjkwlzFM/s320/before+my+eyes+close1.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmz8BRxCMMlJKj5D6q9lkwwk9UIfqwkCnW1SPYstC1iqUo8tyklpHdJIApVI55BRA8mPWhehIXY14fuEekDoqPDGG3IZPg_JtlveSlqMUkvfT0-kTtT6He1ubiYYcUUK2Xj5gu5QzBJ4w/s1600/before+my+eyes+close2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613272456773725586" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmz8BRxCMMlJKj5D6q9lkwwk9UIfqwkCnW1SPYstC1iqUo8tyklpHdJIApVI55BRA8mPWhehIXY14fuEekDoqPDGG3IZPg_JtlveSlqMUkvfT0-kTtT6He1ubiYYcUUK2Xj5gu5QzBJ4w/s320/before+my+eyes+close2.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmHjapxljAN5CArstBhdinkeByQC4kdBJnOou7z_roMcxxiYwXA2jiM3woU4YePdWDo1qfPuxtVL_3MOSt-K99Me9VvqDPNiMKL9llgQPSLTy6LnXV7JdaFdweEZrnBF01SJS_BwO0k5c/s1600/before+my+eyes+close3.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613272454803704402" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmHjapxljAN5CArstBhdinkeByQC4kdBJnOou7z_roMcxxiYwXA2jiM3woU4YePdWDo1qfPuxtVL_3MOSt-K99Me9VvqDPNiMKL9llgQPSLTy6LnXV7JdaFdweEZrnBF01SJS_BwO0k5c/s320/before+my+eyes+close3.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHiZOON8HtQLAwLbE5aEMvA6I9-0zm6E5OZ9Ome3ppEVTjqK0murQsCBKm26mmHEuW8PDOWIHqmitk6ib-sxkDoc48f1VDrS87n2Jl92iB-ZkO5N9irx_6tP8yGtGZ0MZbvinQaKRZqkg/s1600/before+my+eyes+close4.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613272451771079410" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHiZOON8HtQLAwLbE5aEMvA6I9-0zm6E5OZ9Ome3ppEVTjqK0murQsCBKm26mmHEuW8PDOWIHqmitk6ib-sxkDoc48f1VDrS87n2Jl92iB-ZkO5N9irx_6tP8yGtGZ0MZbvinQaKRZqkg/s320/before+my+eyes+close4.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">next layout, i actually did not use a sketch. felt weird flyin' solo... :)<br /><br /></span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixOGuHMumbnOhGKd9c3IVK1dtEkprHijrSEr_mac7poo6dvbDiq1vse58-UuweYS7nlQZb9jNZraqvaq_pVTQpvKf_o8Onm0I82VRbmEB-WvKZPIaf4UF5tAkkXVzMWr1ViXCu8Mi7wAU/s1600/lo2aimee.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 316px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613271676128868210" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixOGuHMumbnOhGKd9c3IVK1dtEkprHijrSEr_mac7poo6dvbDiq1vse58-UuweYS7nlQZb9jNZraqvaq_pVTQpvKf_o8Onm0I82VRbmEB-WvKZPIaf4UF5tAkkXVzMWr1ViXCu8Mi7wAU/s320/lo2aimee.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpNwjhqu55vH85Scu35n8vchPljOwj_A6o5yYlLEwELpomnQixQev6GCuhslt7PeCDE0jKb5oTLl1PMCDPtjTuEB4xwMh8nDhlDYXTxXyq5nonVp-R0OolieoPKck6szxMhuymb5yQVtc/s1600/heaven+close1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613271666827523186" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpNwjhqu55vH85Scu35n8vchPljOwj_A6o5yYlLEwELpomnQixQev6GCuhslt7PeCDE0jKb5oTLl1PMCDPtjTuEB4xwMh8nDhlDYXTxXyq5nonVp-R0OolieoPKck6szxMhuymb5yQVtc/s320/heaven+close1.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVdmf3I3_a46sODvuYKUEql1sVcxB-vIcCArsF0kf7MwNPJUR4Y07hwrY9y-Idm_52V_J4dlJCVyXn2KTpLqYATWJqEqU5UszkSRlfMLYUxqGcdgHrr9jMQMaE9p6q5vRLYZzFHWcnMWc/s1600/heaven+close2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613271661765848802" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVdmf3I3_a46sODvuYKUEql1sVcxB-vIcCArsF0kf7MwNPJUR4Y07hwrY9y-Idm_52V_J4dlJCVyXn2KTpLqYATWJqEqU5UszkSRlfMLYUxqGcdgHrr9jMQMaE9p6q5vRLYZzFHWcnMWc/s320/heaven+close2.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">official cardmaker for my workplace - i made a few thank-you cards, and some birthday cards for my project this month... the end of the school year is hectic!</span></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRiZxWe4nTyxqd4lN8f91AOENeLzyIZ9vPOx8rAuFT6ct5o9Rwux_KsTBwB1EH0fgygUXOcxRECCLoBpcDsiOJ68vKRzEIJ4lIRDLlyNYYKlK-IBAvOSIM7lcXun_F0tcVgIz8ytPdZHc/s1600/card4aimee.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 216px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613271664960344610" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRiZxWe4nTyxqd4lN8f91AOENeLzyIZ9vPOx8rAuFT6ct5o9Rwux_KsTBwB1EH0fgygUXOcxRECCLoBpcDsiOJ68vKRzEIJ4lIRDLlyNYYKlK-IBAvOSIM7lcXun_F0tcVgIz8ytPdZHc/s320/card4aimee.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6r54eNeRGUDSO2r4e2TZmGvtOsyg5dMiCF_PaMxSGpd977U5pieUAFEqCfpmpCS_P9-3xzfJk6j6kF41xZc4qNilE_jupvBlY7TarJKE7h0CzKWlZAigLS7zW9rbF7IRT5XOPfQWHC98/s1600/card3aimee.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613271659961252482" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6r54eNeRGUDSO2r4e2TZmGvtOsyg5dMiCF_PaMxSGpd977U5pieUAFEqCfpmpCS_P9-3xzfJk6j6kF41xZc4qNilE_jupvBlY7TarJKE7h0CzKWlZAigLS7zW9rbF7IRT5XOPfQWHC98/s320/card3aimee.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3qpPb70iOXNHV6rrb-1JHdXAZ7RBSwwpO0j6DGXJ8c5DbgTir4Ouqrk4WQwQVFhP45DN4AzfypmnjFatGlBwoYS7Cz622QDhjQZBT9WBW5B-SKTg-pP5umBLLK8OEoWEbGwKVuL5lcEA/s1600/carol+card+close.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613271018124356578" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3qpPb70iOXNHV6rrb-1JHdXAZ7RBSwwpO0j6DGXJ8c5DbgTir4Ouqrk4WQwQVFhP45DN4AzfypmnjFatGlBwoYS7Cz622QDhjQZBT9WBW5B-SKTg-pP5umBLLK8OEoWEbGwKVuL5lcEA/s320/carol+card+close.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> i made the flowers on these two cards... the flowers below i embellished with brads from my own stash - they fit perfectly!<br /></span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5lgGC2Ljg-ueTyVZKoPpwyEC4QpuUStDz8pFiHzW4SgJ_-mf2dPmOcB8pDoH7r9UTtFQZ_xU9Ub2bzFvo8ymtTU2ZooQJdF0MAEKrW9b-rSQkpJSQmGgp0vgrb5ITEbahlUxAhZ26Hnw/s1600/card1aimee.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613271017603576642" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5lgGC2Ljg-ueTyVZKoPpwyEC4QpuUStDz8pFiHzW4SgJ_-mf2dPmOcB8pDoH7r9UTtFQZ_xU9Ub2bzFvo8ymtTU2ZooQJdF0MAEKrW9b-rSQkpJSQmGgp0vgrb5ITEbahlUxAhZ26Hnw/s320/card1aimee.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL7I8lPl_07qtVGjy_p6XwjKevvLf0LHSWpa2VDCV6PHI_JuZCGgOcDWMVtgw5oGaTG-llIaEp2JM4hk-8YoGpxH6K24TJuOo8BaJS4WlJG-OkroYb0LOxJyEJ2DsMiO77bwD_EMkMGk8/s1600/kristine+card+close.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613271013518665250" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL7I8lPl_07qtVGjy_p6XwjKevvLf0LHSWpa2VDCV6PHI_JuZCGgOcDWMVtgw5oGaTG-llIaEp2JM4hk-8YoGpxH6K24TJuOo8BaJS4WlJG-OkroYb0LOxJyEJ2DsMiO77bwD_EMkMGk8/s320/kristine+card+close.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfvbrGufAggTHPNMJiOglIQk1EgyVzUuj12lL0kEDRWXPWq9AmzBpZAJh6FQ9PU4Ykjx_jz3FbiE9nVL_3ZbSwiMUWJx0JpRw45BFbdAi7Zfpvgv9UGRHhhXTIy4l-t5GkE2-i5gxBUg4/s1600/card2aimee.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613271012332633522" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfvbrGufAggTHPNMJiOglIQk1EgyVzUuj12lL0kEDRWXPWq9AmzBpZAJh6FQ9PU4Ykjx_jz3FbiE9nVL_3ZbSwiMUWJx0JpRw45BFbdAi7Zfpvgv9UGRHhhXTIy4l-t5GkE2-i5gxBUg4/s320/card2aimee.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJKUKSnJUp7kMx0E6Mva6m3PChKU-MAIXBGbF0bos16m8PepefDLsgY30LDDd0C4GZ_WW298-XYN7knbzv69-d_2Zc0Ld3pd9HfCF6g4euBeqBl3mU0CVCMvbKJPMF2LDQ48FIbCbumBk/s1600/woods+card+close.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613271005204706642" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJKUKSnJUp7kMx0E6Mva6m3PChKU-MAIXBGbF0bos16m8PepefDLsgY30LDDd0C4GZ_WW298-XYN7knbzv69-d_2Zc0Ld3pd9HfCF6g4euBeqBl3mU0CVCMvbKJPMF2LDQ48FIbCbumBk/s320/woods+card+close.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">as always, thanks for looking - and go forth and buy the kit. ;)</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>aimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05072461143163109196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8848032257649545390.post-60821111374843254832011-05-19T17:55:00.001-08:002011-05-19T18:19:07.483-08:00cardapalooza...i'm the official cardmaker at my work - i make all the birthday cards for the entire staff... i just finished up all the summer birthdays, so i can give them out before my last day of work next wednesday. we go back in august, and i'm sure i'll be a cardmaking fool again then.<br /><br />this first one is one of my favorites... i made the flowers out of strips of fabric.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUJpU8NgPLFZjOOgQhPw4t3aZchPp79ATlxGWyfo6SB2HvkLNESNE_bxZDV8wdxrr_G2VyMCvThORZSFJ48yVLCOm-YoqQfxzl1yf3yP84D0TorEzX8aSWPCu7WfgE5ZM30SEeolP8nZM/s1600/amanda.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608614695759193506" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUJpU8NgPLFZjOOgQhPw4t3aZchPp79ATlxGWyfo6SB2HvkLNESNE_bxZDV8wdxrr_G2VyMCvThORZSFJ48yVLCOm-YoqQfxzl1yf3yP84D0TorEzX8aSWPCu7WfgE5ZM30SEeolP8nZM/s320/amanda.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div>this one has a ruffle accent made out of tissue paper i punched with a border punch.</div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP0tyEBMcvziwycw7w_GzqkqDUtSVD8R6LyBp-Keoc0G_eNelMS-6B9YsdiW5Ps_1TdUyCHCK8gi4UvHggC-xj1NUKt7VrklkqfL656zpzwtptJXG_-gc3Xlj2SV6HDbYEFcLwb1ZrGso/s1600/andrea.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608614694016619218" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP0tyEBMcvziwycw7w_GzqkqDUtSVD8R6LyBp-Keoc0G_eNelMS-6B9YsdiW5Ps_1TdUyCHCK8gi4UvHggC-xj1NUKt7VrklkqfL656zpzwtptJXG_-gc3Xlj2SV6HDbYEFcLwb1ZrGso/s320/andrea.jpg" /></a><br /><br />soft and pretty - the flower is misted with a bit of pearl maya mist.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVU9Q4qVENTMKHRY-rmzF5xbpjc94HihjIlyPiCjkslPtfbQxSJHn85F5swR3vq-wNBbkna7K6uJxwufqFW2QF8eGEjTJtfvg6Xnrc_aPxy6Qi8chK05-lHyMkydXNEFKKthxfyMpp-cw/s1600/austin.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608614690305965314" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVU9Q4qVENTMKHRY-rmzF5xbpjc94HihjIlyPiCjkslPtfbQxSJHn85F5swR3vq-wNBbkna7K6uJxwufqFW2QF8eGEjTJtfvg6Xnrc_aPxy6Qi8chK05-lHyMkydXNEFKKthxfyMpp-cw/s320/austin.jpg" /></a><br />bright and bold - just like the lady it's made for!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6_4s6sx4LAQL2sMjHQoo6zCNGkBLVUBT6g9QdjhFfn4S8xxtbWeexoqXoQeuRG7HYqSxgkxjV2v22EYybaUqVX4tiI-5Nh1xkeaiQhu9UzFTHRAksEkNww0ha9hU_shQIP6J5z4FfuJo/s1600/diane.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608614685619915698" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6_4s6sx4LAQL2sMjHQoo6zCNGkBLVUBT6g9QdjhFfn4S8xxtbWeexoqXoQeuRG7HYqSxgkxjV2v22EYybaUqVX4tiI-5Nh1xkeaiQhu9UzFTHRAksEkNww0ha9hU_shQIP6J5z4FfuJo/s320/diane.jpg" /></a> </div><br /><div>it's kind of a stretch to make masculine cards for me - i'm used to all things girlie!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiA3pALggDxhhUdwp3vLPuofSz6-aGGDoA9dkQUQDTsRum54GWz_v79uaYXfjKDggbu4VRuy6eAQxBcExtMwbrKUvUuXHmPDmG5n8J4gqtogB8HrjMLQKAHIlWIWV-bsANfzitXR8KXtU/s1600/eric.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608614362035544850" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiA3pALggDxhhUdwp3vLPuofSz6-aGGDoA9dkQUQDTsRum54GWz_v79uaYXfjKDggbu4VRuy6eAQxBcExtMwbrKUvUuXHmPDmG5n8J4gqtogB8HrjMLQKAHIlWIWV-bsANfzitXR8KXtU/s320/eric.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div>this was the first one in the batch that i made - one of my favorites.</div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVN8_c08EAaKyFkAArKpOCit5O6pz0bxgyFhIi8CHvimnhhUJDErGVIrw5amAtW4IsD6rfwZWWPlrfyRQtbgr0ksZpVrQR4HqCwnS40acpghPtxIAi-XwyhdyYAc1UP79NChrJntgNzTc/s1600/kat.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608614360008309666" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVN8_c08EAaKyFkAArKpOCit5O6pz0bxgyFhIi8CHvimnhhUJDErGVIrw5amAtW4IsD6rfwZWWPlrfyRQtbgr0ksZpVrQR4HqCwnS40acpghPtxIAi-XwyhdyYAc1UP79NChrJntgNzTc/s320/kat.jpg" /></a><br /><br />more punched tissue paper...<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFgyd5zwDXz1QxLrQ0xIYVmMg41QIC6JYwahNPs3jrezCD6QPD7J0kf1AYIr5xINFRhJjK18VEuSf1R396vFgIk12uRtj6XHK3dQZRHTQv7c5orKwaL2R0SDA9-J7tEKi3c5r2gE9ac1Q/s1600/lizy.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608614351335611458" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFgyd5zwDXz1QxLrQ0xIYVmMg41QIC6JYwahNPs3jrezCD6QPD7J0kf1AYIr5xINFRhJjK18VEuSf1R396vFgIk12uRtj6XHK3dQZRHTQv7c5orKwaL2R0SDA9-J7tEKi3c5r2gE9ac1Q/s320/lizy.jpg" /></a><br /><br />kind of an understated look here.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrRXfWIAnRR1z1JeQ2HXNpNE1oKL56M5tQJxfuEpf64gacCTUlJH3F9r0OFjCq2S15aysnylnLPbkwMYbt2CNC-5n6VBygd4tL-mp7ppG-llzckYVGyNIPCavz7S_GpKyMKi4fx-Sxojs/s1600/marti.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608614348634920770" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrRXfWIAnRR1z1JeQ2HXNpNE1oKL56M5tQJxfuEpf64gacCTUlJH3F9r0OFjCq2S15aysnylnLPbkwMYbt2CNC-5n6VBygd4tL-mp7ppG-llzckYVGyNIPCavz7S_GpKyMKi4fx-Sxojs/s320/marti.jpg" /></a><br /><br />the lady i made this card for is very into flowers and flower arrangement - i knew i needed to make an eye-catching flower.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyEyxVS0BlCEN_PjPycQR3rbaVce6lv21swLt5Qy9A0tT2d2LNhRbHHuZHa9bsJDIUwOUpgE_WLFUP3hSG7IRekRRA2Bsb93D0Gd3e2dVFEyY3kdUPSq1xZdQY8pfL1FExaasPoOmPN3I/s1600/missy.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608614347591226930" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyEyxVS0BlCEN_PjPycQR3rbaVce6lv21swLt5Qy9A0tT2d2LNhRbHHuZHa9bsJDIUwOUpgE_WLFUP3hSG7IRekRRA2Bsb93D0Gd3e2dVFEyY3kdUPSq1xZdQY8pfL1FExaasPoOmPN3I/s320/missy.jpg" /></a><br />be on the lookout for more cards when i reveal my scrappy chics kit stuff june first!!! </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>as always, thanks for looking!</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>aimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05072461143163109196noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8848032257649545390.post-65644597828601944672011-05-02T17:27:00.001-08:002011-05-02T17:55:20.380-08:00may scrappy chics kit!!!<span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;">here's the kit for may!!! </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">i love the mix of sophistication and pure fun in the paper lines. </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">scrappy chic's kits have been selling out fast, so make sure you get yours (and mention it was me that inspired you to shop) just as fast! here's the link directly to the </span><a href="http://scrappychics.com/kits.htm"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;">may kit</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">. enjoy!</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2BMvvwYEOvBszjbH9EY0ja5jfjSgoHoWsdpMICL6aGSRpifZnVrTKj2sJliOMG8Y4ltT0bZA32fEA0WzvBfQ4wvzGvbrHGoJdw95r13dA9yH-lsK3M87rRGxu8A-C2kEqkUI6-1eXF54/s1600/kit.gif"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 312px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602296878113706850" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2BMvvwYEOvBszjbH9EY0ja5jfjSgoHoWsdpMICL6aGSRpifZnVrTKj2sJliOMG8Y4ltT0bZA32fEA0WzvBfQ4wvzGvbrHGoJdw95r13dA9yH-lsK3M87rRGxu8A-C2kEqkUI6-1eXF54/s320/kit.gif" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">here's my first layout... it's called <span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"><strong>armed & fabulous</strong></span>. the only extra that i used from my stash was the pink glimmer mist behind the title. i used a sketch from sketch inspiration for this...</span><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCE4o578iGe1HkF-zRJdKD5oH5FSHrBHWoOt6EU_K-8Z8E_zJEYzda_sJUPXRsppuQBB8K1EIGprvTjp5kd1S1u7fYrGEwoeda-hTNxQhumLcOd7QerR7eSjUSFrXv0KYl9tfMEG-FaD8/s1600/lo1aimee.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 318px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602296570515476642" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCE4o578iGe1HkF-zRJdKD5oH5FSHrBHWoOt6EU_K-8Z8E_zJEYzda_sJUPXRsppuQBB8K1EIGprvTjp5kd1S1u7fYrGEwoeda-hTNxQhumLcOd7QerR7eSjUSFrXv0KYl9tfMEG-FaD8/s320/lo1aimee.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK7kSzVVToCe8U4SiWFO2stE9lRuI2jWEMX0epjPDH78Ck4uHPJ0qP6gZ5evXJ1AmgJYLAX2a7h9a4fTaY6JiwlaC2RSztTHEm7TC4RoSAGLypmoeVRg1bVjgdtcRcsMUBTTR9_jC01GQ/s1600/fabulous+close+1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602296567879062290" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK7kSzVVToCe8U4SiWFO2stE9lRuI2jWEMX0epjPDH78Ck4uHPJ0qP6gZ5evXJ1AmgJYLAX2a7h9a4fTaY6JiwlaC2RSztTHEm7TC4RoSAGLypmoeVRg1bVjgdtcRcsMUBTTR9_jC01GQ/s320/fabulous+close+1.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSxR8xPMUeO9BA9tzSfveEG0lbUBIOcz_DqAp_-6wouX7hEFxhQ7AUBInYwTZlYitS4ag1w7hO7vtoXw_kAs1nEiQKE4IfxMGZLlQrfn1Y2QQ_3pWQpi5Sl3I6NOf7vIa9UsSMwgZ1tXs/s1600/fabulous+close+2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602296566223282370" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSxR8xPMUeO9BA9tzSfveEG0lbUBIOcz_DqAp_-6wouX7hEFxhQ7AUBInYwTZlYitS4ag1w7hO7vtoXw_kAs1nEiQKE4IfxMGZLlQrfn1Y2QQ_3pWQpi5Sl3I6NOf7vIa9UsSMwgZ1tXs/s320/fabulous+close+2.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"><strong>just don't sing</strong></span> <span style="font-family:verdana;">- inspired by a sketch from sketchy thursdays... i've had some people ask if the butterflies were punched - they are not. they're hand cut from some of the patterned paper, then layered on top of another butterfly. again, the only thing NOT from the kit is some mist - this time maya mist... i used some of the stickers in the kit as masks.<br /><br /></span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzaIi2RBGz1hPU88ldUB5l0tRl7P-dNxYaknvpAz0MOYxFIR5jRf0EK8hVNoMkkf4Sim8UrOCrvoFj1L26x2ZNuf3h3W9gWLJnpNa9sxaQsSfCG_9u47o8MoDnaDpjPIpedWt-ytLZYuI/s1600/lo2aimee.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 318px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602296560891390818" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzaIi2RBGz1hPU88ldUB5l0tRl7P-dNxYaknvpAz0MOYxFIR5jRf0EK8hVNoMkkf4Sim8UrOCrvoFj1L26x2ZNuf3h3W9gWLJnpNa9sxaQsSfCG_9u47o8MoDnaDpjPIpedWt-ytLZYuI/s320/lo2aimee.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLYB-IxglBbYQzlTDhI1JTMbjs4sj3LYH1-FkQlL1LS6zx8s2-tH4nyEldynPiXO5Vl-LolxM3usj4d0vy44tA9QSooI56zt7K7BxGpu11Qi_HIIQV3Q6xWtCAxIYYdXdSxFd16Nrl5jk/s1600/mary+close+2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602296563691210178" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLYB-IxglBbYQzlTDhI1JTMbjs4sj3LYH1-FkQlL1LS6zx8s2-tH4nyEldynPiXO5Vl-LolxM3usj4d0vy44tA9QSooI56zt7K7BxGpu11Qi_HIIQV3Q6xWtCAxIYYdXdSxFd16Nrl5jk/s320/mary+close+2.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihO8eyBStJQMacmN90hO9gRmpsRJ5ZBhn4PZZxvflvq3e24HTkEkPA4Uw8Bl_ChozcpzC_pv4xhXo56i9K5uXyo6l2n1KTsmAK5Ic_5XTvXthdnkRyLKUol4LN0K-9a86GEj5MnmddjEI/s1600/mary+close+3.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602296045276520834" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihO8eyBStJQMacmN90hO9gRmpsRJ5ZBhn4PZZxvflvq3e24HTkEkPA4Uw8Bl_ChozcpzC_pv4xhXo56i9K5uXyo6l2n1KTsmAK5Ic_5XTvXthdnkRyLKUol4LN0K-9a86GEj5MnmddjEI/s320/mary+close+3.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYo-x6iOJgjE7eK2AvOTo_HyJzi-y6dcun9qIKiNw4hlKDjN-bP60NqXZZjTkJvYQVny8AoL4ceZqpMX8UYd3RxDDKKoDaCG_LVL_NEJOXx7cAViWKdmDhaMgubz8HH11Gb9j2yg7ifAQ/s1600/mary+close+4.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602296042007264242" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYo-x6iOJgjE7eK2AvOTo_HyJzi-y6dcun9qIKiNw4hlKDjN-bP60NqXZZjTkJvYQVny8AoL4ceZqpMX8UYd3RxDDKKoDaCG_LVL_NEJOXx7cAViWKdmDhaMgubz8HH11Gb9j2yg7ifAQ/s320/mary+close+4.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">here's my project for the month... it's a piece of chipboard, covered up in pp from the kit, and perched on a giant clothespin i had in my stash. i made this for a friend who needs reminding now and then to just enjoy the moment. :)<br /><br /></span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKev1pbz1phTpnq4TsYEQjpRcFGhWH2SJobDjrJzXfzTyjwuqfcdFxHavBtSfmlgyIa4R1y79Ze6Yn0HOewHstiqOvMbmGsimRMw3s0_3x5ViLKdeNcAXj5ijwKjU8qCnCXAMMowU3gMY/s1600/project+close.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602296037316065426" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKev1pbz1phTpnq4TsYEQjpRcFGhWH2SJobDjrJzXfzTyjwuqfcdFxHavBtSfmlgyIa4R1y79Ze6Yn0HOewHstiqOvMbmGsimRMw3s0_3x5ViLKdeNcAXj5ijwKjU8qCnCXAMMowU3gMY/s320/project+close.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNY6bov3QhSQQQbsc1e4bDGWfh2GGBXKSdq26vrC121PooXSGZej9v4PPVY1SNj7vND2w19P9eSVUp_dyWb11-vkVb6YeJ3y13pUikrHYomD_jUy01asKqziDkPOPeifvPuBSBw6rLrSM/s1600/projectaimeea.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602296033359316466" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNY6bov3QhSQQQbsc1e4bDGWfh2GGBXKSdq26vrC121PooXSGZej9v4PPVY1SNj7vND2w19P9eSVUp_dyWb11-vkVb6YeJ3y13pUikrHYomD_jUy01asKqziDkPOPeifvPuBSBw6rLrSM/s320/projectaimeea.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimuq2nMfv4zzuHnXzS8NDcxcwW7GD4iMxaYUF60NbqjiMDCy-sUFPOuDtlbuxNDnFo4-apnR6N6FvzN48zmLxGyjue11RlRxbvhuxYgGb_1scZCngUQDs4HeAMhXSDyhwNJK7e02_63mg/s1600/projectaimeeb.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602296031197132338" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimuq2nMfv4zzuHnXzS8NDcxcwW7GD4iMxaYUF60NbqjiMDCy-sUFPOuDtlbuxNDnFo4-apnR6N6FvzN48zmLxGyjue11RlRxbvhuxYgGb_1scZCngUQDs4HeAMhXSDyhwNJK7e02_63mg/s320/projectaimeeb.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">there was a tear in her eye when i gave it to her... she loves it. :) </span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">that's all i have for this kit (for now). check back later... might get a wild hair and whip up some more fun stuff from the kit! thanks for looking.<br /></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>aimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05072461143163109196noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8848032257649545390.post-15228457194165496112011-05-01T07:34:00.002-08:002011-05-01T07:46:04.844-08:00saturday scrappiness<span style="font-family:courier new;">good morning! happy may (already?!?!?)... yesterday i made two 12x12 layouts, just for the fun of it. seems like lately, because of having to go to (i do love my job, i just like scrapping more)work, i only create for the kit club i design for. not that i'm complaining, i'm so glad to make time to do that! i just haven't scrapped for the fun/relaxation of it... </span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">so here's what i did:</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>13 years</strong></span> - i made the little ribbon flower, the bittersweet tag is salvaged from one of sam's old shirts, and i used </span><a href="http://thescrappiest.blogspot.com/2011/04/sketch-117.html"><span style="font-family:courier new;">sketch 117</span></a><span style="font-family:courier new;"> from the scrappiest... she has amazing sketches there!</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfnfPN8Rbjbe9I82YSX__ye23G_Nci33PKZKD-KpbPcGUecCO731KFrnpNfkguUI0Aa0_DJ7cd7djqMkEbgkY2wq8_FHRWlB1PfaBjYnmhp-atbUCaDKq6N6ULGlsQpq2dwzch2nmLE-0/s1600/13+years.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 314px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601772462317235922" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfnfPN8Rbjbe9I82YSX__ye23G_Nci33PKZKD-KpbPcGUecCO731KFrnpNfkguUI0Aa0_DJ7cd7djqMkEbgkY2wq8_FHRWlB1PfaBjYnmhp-atbUCaDKq6N6ULGlsQpq2dwzch2nmLE-0/s320/13+years.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBjzFsCAeMmwhYPFHAucogaJw4NlNTZCKAtZyyyokjxBXJ1wpuEvgdhzzxRotJAAlJolHnvkq1giFTCdhM2dONftnGQN2Sl_S0Y4XLbDYmUOID_boRRPY60MB4d3L5olTGygPhrADm0Js/s1600/13+years+close1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601772458956275186" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBjzFsCAeMmwhYPFHAucogaJw4NlNTZCKAtZyyyokjxBXJ1wpuEvgdhzzxRotJAAlJolHnvkq1giFTCdhM2dONftnGQN2Sl_S0Y4XLbDYmUOID_boRRPY60MB4d3L5olTGygPhrADm0Js/s320/13+years+close1.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA_VehsQeA0WDcH4RJQL-lVhmkVl584jQshTypCRmybDWaWDkwj_6xAzvkZKOBYOTUNTCMuIpAYs1iCR3k9QgCidIx37UUectuoGOsNjxhPEQy2JKd0CwFvEL61keLkYfoxIA_dzHVO40/s1600/13+years+close2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601772461133545986" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA_VehsQeA0WDcH4RJQL-lVhmkVl584jQshTypCRmybDWaWDkwj_6xAzvkZKOBYOTUNTCMuIpAYs1iCR3k9QgCidIx37UUectuoGOsNjxhPEQy2JKd0CwFvEL61keLkYfoxIA_dzHVO40/s320/13+years+close2.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>you don't NEED makeup</strong></span> <span style="font-family:courier new;">- this one's based off of a pagemaps 8.5x11 sketch. i rotated the sketch and adapted it to fit 12x12. the hearts are grungeboard (some premade, some i handcut) and colored with alcohol ink and stazon ink... the quote cracks me up!<br /><br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpnER2NW3eT4dmycBgPyVoj00Q3JlcHzjz7Nj34EYqH_MVKZth3DwvknOQnQDjFGf2QXyh9dJ7qFggBSAN0tbkxLqVR3yG3JyYf0uLSgco0M8X6s9Mo8PtT59TP_oCkrNvWQ4_1HIcQ5E/s1600/don%2527t+need+makeup.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601772451143356850" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpnER2NW3eT4dmycBgPyVoj00Q3JlcHzjz7Nj34EYqH_MVKZth3DwvknOQnQDjFGf2QXyh9dJ7qFggBSAN0tbkxLqVR3yG3JyYf0uLSgco0M8X6s9Mo8PtT59TP_oCkrNvWQ4_1HIcQ5E/s320/don%2527t+need+makeup.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTi0ZH6ysNXt-uqk5X5UmQuL_Dtef8uv4oHktKU1tc6LEDXykDVAMMecnFLxB3fcPfkZH22OPCb8TqanrV9LyzxUJ46cmJk51jgBh8qRqUNep80cIuWhRo6CeEcOiDFvamFpTOlYBiGHo/s1600/don%2527t+need+makeup2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601772451277918946" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTi0ZH6ysNXt-uqk5X5UmQuL_Dtef8uv4oHktKU1tc6LEDXykDVAMMecnFLxB3fcPfkZH22OPCb8TqanrV9LyzxUJ46cmJk51jgBh8qRqUNep80cIuWhRo6CeEcOiDFvamFpTOlYBiGHo/s320/don%2527t+need+makeup2.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:courier new;">thanks for looking, as always. enjoy your first day of may!</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:courier new;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:courier new;">ps, my scrappy chics stuff will be up tomorrow... stay tuned. :)</span></div><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div>aimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05072461143163109196noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8848032257649545390.post-25567728623919086552011-04-01T18:54:00.003-08:002011-04-01T19:21:34.929-08:00Scrappy Chics - April 2011 Kit<div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>so here's a picture of ALL the amazing stuff you'll get </strong></span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>in scrappy chic's april kit:</strong> </span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt0os3_Am_ZWAlCjm-oCruje45v2iqPo6j6MEwBHoudONfA0cxeWiWyx3bqwyk0Wi6C3W46X7YkaoIBllh2bWFWR5CcAonz4I7EFqnbyHco9PGF39fRHKsvnulab2kQsx1ccj2IZdprSo/s1600/kit.gif"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 312px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590819568665668866" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt0os3_Am_ZWAlCjm-oCruje45v2iqPo6j6MEwBHoudONfA0cxeWiWyx3bqwyk0Wi6C3W46X7YkaoIBllh2bWFWR5CcAonz4I7EFqnbyHco9PGF39fRHKsvnulab2kQsx1ccj2IZdprSo/s320/kit.gif" /></a> <br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong></strong></span></div><br /><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></strong></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong></strong></span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>so much stuff! go here ~ </strong></span><a href="http://scrappychics.com/kits.htm"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>scrappy chics</strong></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong> ~ to order yours!</strong></span></div><br /><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></strong></div><br /><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">here's the first layout i made. the mini alpha, the felt alphas, the paper flowers and a few of the buttons were from my stash, everything else is from the kit.</span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjmJb0lJrfHP5qp_RuwMKceU6qKXrL5ch90XbLOfy0KJW8a8jH9p-tD-73zbRvjJHe6_iWMCN32sAJf8tEq1p0evhyf5abb3CRk-Tdthl8wKvUi7bK0agQYyPnIVNOUAHgvIIAZQP4WXU/s1600/april+puppy+love.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 318px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590815054001967314" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjmJb0lJrfHP5qp_RuwMKceU6qKXrL5ch90XbLOfy0KJW8a8jH9p-tD-73zbRvjJHe6_iWMCN32sAJf8tEq1p0evhyf5abb3CRk-Tdthl8wKvUi7bK0agQYyPnIVNOUAHgvIIAZQP4WXU/s320/april+puppy+love.jpg" /></a> <br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU20JGVF3wRGMN6zlHyhuFZosysiDk0NSW9lhqiM48k5y4zGWi2l4lG5tqnM8TpPm8K9pdVZUZlUsgRPUukuA1p6-UyFnY8NzAoSK_QMJpXtTn6I8Wsg3zrcBO1GycnbSl_-suJt_vay4/s1600/april+puppy+love+close+1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590814840295356050" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU20JGVF3wRGMN6zlHyhuFZosysiDk0NSW9lhqiM48k5y4zGWi2l4lG5tqnM8TpPm8K9pdVZUZlUsgRPUukuA1p6-UyFnY8NzAoSK_QMJpXtTn6I8Wsg3zrcBO1GycnbSl_-suJt_vay4/s320/april+puppy+love+close+1.jpg" /></a> <br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZhasirMVXCN8w4mEscqeBBmeEXyzplUNtmRRFMsa3B3VbiheqdmFgcvjJYap3qS-DhfeKHuQrxv5_jBv-NqidisxkeXPGmEYDJf-ojVaYkk8XcaY8cghr6hY8kVPcD8J4RGJtvAp-cbo/s1600/april+puppy+love+close+2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590814836234190194" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZhasirMVXCN8w4mEscqeBBmeEXyzplUNtmRRFMsa3B3VbiheqdmFgcvjJYap3qS-DhfeKHuQrxv5_jBv-NqidisxkeXPGmEYDJf-ojVaYkk8XcaY8cghr6hY8kVPcD8J4RGJtvAp-cbo/s320/april+puppy+love+close+2.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">i started this layout with a sketch, but it ended up totally different than what i had in mind. funny how that happens sometimes... </span></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9YxALpQ5nDvusddVpwt0VPwqOiq29H_0-n0rdH9Y_N0UKTKmloHM6gj82XRQMLIlzNfNQ3MBVBWmQ1MVjk2hJr7DNIgL4Aj5PzIbjxcJEgU9LCVW06sT9JSasXjH_y8kVrDzG-PA_y6o/s1600/arpril+friends.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 318px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590814832230335186" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9YxALpQ5nDvusddVpwt0VPwqOiq29H_0-n0rdH9Y_N0UKTKmloHM6gj82XRQMLIlzNfNQ3MBVBWmQ1MVjk2hJr7DNIgL4Aj5PzIbjxcJEgU9LCVW06sT9JSasXjH_y8kVrDzG-PA_y6o/s320/arpril+friends.jpg" /></a> <br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzigXmqMCgRnC4fw8TIZgbbeXWQHPrlCIkg339H2qor9p1fTRGiGlCuAL-LfYf3rjOOUxOdhLvfruGjwCkBumXekpmtwF9jpqp5kgbIi4ovBuSqHAxYXx7Sa7A690FuuOBS4V865hEVb8/s1600/arpril+friends+close+1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590814826165063570" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzigXmqMCgRnC4fw8TIZgbbeXWQHPrlCIkg339H2qor9p1fTRGiGlCuAL-LfYf3rjOOUxOdhLvfruGjwCkBumXekpmtwF9jpqp5kgbIi4ovBuSqHAxYXx7Sa7A690FuuOBS4V865hEVb8/s320/arpril+friends+close+1.jpg" /></a> <br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9RxBxFVVYsHmXY21BhdN0_DDCCr1G-RpnQ1AK3iKYqzTi7nhYQeXO6dRQHH6GAXyFbM7EdRQEEKD7KD5qQC7Ab0bsV2Rdt56KOakFjgb_idQtyBUevhgPIcpfyiTuEnv4yk-6x7PQPB0/s1600/arpril+friends+close+2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590814820893041698" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9RxBxFVVYsHmXY21BhdN0_DDCCr1G-RpnQ1AK3iKYqzTi7nhYQeXO6dRQHH6GAXyFbM7EdRQEEKD7KD5qQC7Ab0bsV2Rdt56KOakFjgb_idQtyBUevhgPIcpfyiTuEnv4yk-6x7PQPB0/s320/arpril+friends+close+2.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> i did not have a chance to finish my altered item, due to a family emergency. i will be working on that this weekend, though, and will post it here and on the scrappy chics blog as soon as it's done.</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">thanks for looking, and big thanks to melinda at scrappy chics for letting me be part of the team! </span><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div>aimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05072461143163109196noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8848032257649545390.post-14142818208108755552011-03-05T12:26:00.002-09:002011-03-05T12:51:48.141-09:00scrappy chics - march 2011<div align="center"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">okay, here's the kit for march:</span> </strong></span></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMKm84QkNV8It8OIIss4HR9QVOBE3thF_DzVlYKV0JqTpUAH8ATE-XaDpXw42XGQ-fxLy9qa1YUyh07skzDRheKSp6ozFTnDCkH_wUpvdOTgXwH_879sy5-dVKvf9lsh5tqqNl1U_x6F4/s1600/march+kit.gif"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 312px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580712354297132770" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMKm84QkNV8It8OIIss4HR9QVOBE3thF_DzVlYKV0JqTpUAH8ATE-XaDpXw42XGQ-fxLy9qa1YUyh07skzDRheKSp6ozFTnDCkH_wUpvdOTgXwH_879sy5-dVKvf9lsh5tqqNl1U_x6F4/s320/march+kit.gif" /></a><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;">go here to get yours: </span><a href="http://scrappychics.com/kits.htm"><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;">scrappy chics</span></a><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> hurry, though. melinda's kits have been selling out <em>fast!</em></span></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"></span> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;">the march kit is seriously amaaaaaaaaaaaaazing. </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"><strong>there's <em>so</em> much.</strong> </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;">i almost got bogged down - i didn't know where </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;">to start!!! :)</span></div><span style="font-family:courier new;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">the first layout i did was this one - a quote about being happy... it really sums up the way i try to live my life.</span> <div></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhegxFHGnq8IsobDFCTsSs8hasb35E-FAp5slSdavWsWrztfDtdMORruFtP3ghh8SCY-o8wGPRYSDFNVwKRTs5mUiAPrHyvcKaAsysE-Ji-CzUUSh8FYTaf_aMTUHdznwBxSOj9VqePvO8/s1600/march+beyond.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 315px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580711455490351202" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhegxFHGnq8IsobDFCTsSs8hasb35E-FAp5slSdavWsWrztfDtdMORruFtP3ghh8SCY-o8wGPRYSDFNVwKRTs5mUiAPrHyvcKaAsysE-Ji-CzUUSh8FYTaf_aMTUHdznwBxSOj9VqePvO8/s320/march+beyond.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJJrIe0clAftljHTOVX7OJI55pdQ0XRDpvZX_4Yo-ifA4ZpY1N9Qs5k8WiWKKcAuD6VYDvchcP4z4vLp1IFbRug2y7Y6jdjUiN1g-1sSwgzp-2Gfo9X-YzPGwMVxPD87l6285c7CFniTY/s1600/march+beyond+close1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580711453778337074" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJJrIe0clAftljHTOVX7OJI55pdQ0XRDpvZX_4Yo-ifA4ZpY1N9Qs5k8WiWKKcAuD6VYDvchcP4z4vLp1IFbRug2y7Y6jdjUiN1g-1sSwgzp-2Gfo9X-YzPGwMVxPD87l6285c7CFniTY/s320/march+beyond+close1.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjleL1h3Hn0Aa6CQJUpbC-tSjvknqHTlizPSYET7dfU5G_JqiMX0HyXVQ4ISzSI_RoiND4FZTBxz5IBl01VG0LAyDUWb3iT1ru5KRZ8U5yrLdZE3p7Y9UQIGm3vmvJ260mO44NbCuJVo6M/s1600/march+beyond+close2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580711446268237442" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjleL1h3Hn0Aa6CQJUpbC-tSjvknqHTlizPSYET7dfU5G_JqiMX0HyXVQ4ISzSI_RoiND4FZTBxz5IBl01VG0LAyDUWb3iT1ru5KRZ8U5yrLdZE3p7Y9UQIGm3vmvJ260mO44NbCuJVo6M/s320/march+beyond+close2.jpg" /></a> </div><div><span style="font-family:courier new;">the next layout - goofy, crazy, silly us - was fun to make. i hand stitched the title.<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW0BVMpYXqgHUksUVtWbxVibk4ndhH8JXodMfYLjf1UM1W95_k-_8PsIR5g878RyBojPBrxpeQo9Imo3O9y-TJHf1KfdRlHicFkLOzNl1s80M4XtE7mLdOqxj42_N_c1WmxOI3QnzqFxc/s1600/march+us.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 314px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580711167088372898" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW0BVMpYXqgHUksUVtWbxVibk4ndhH8JXodMfYLjf1UM1W95_k-_8PsIR5g878RyBojPBrxpeQo9Imo3O9y-TJHf1KfdRlHicFkLOzNl1s80M4XtE7mLdOqxj42_N_c1WmxOI3QnzqFxc/s320/march+us.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-pvxcKqEUJIfd2tOQUjht_LeAXPwwXKdqJ5w0CwXCQg3RL6MG9dKXsthOEABuFtHg7eltab_SmW1YhHkjwci6dgP11xMxmO2gjp9d5ZnmB73g1dk3orXILWAugwYJwhWpJ_VHdz7yViU/s1600/march+us+close1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580711163590633762" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-pvxcKqEUJIfd2tOQUjht_LeAXPwwXKdqJ5w0CwXCQg3RL6MG9dKXsthOEABuFtHg7eltab_SmW1YhHkjwci6dgP11xMxmO2gjp9d5ZnmB73g1dk3orXILWAugwYJwhWpJ_VHdz7yViU/s320/march+us+close1.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">there was stickling and stitching going on here. i almost couldn't use the brown sparkly flower - i wanted to hang it on my wall! there's another flower in the kit - a salmony-pink one, and i attached that to a hair clip for my daughter. she laid claim to that right away!<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTfND7EGlSuC8istPNmdJGcBK__YG_hTf2h_s_wFz16WbK7LIXfAG8DM5RfFSUUrXh76PhdZmpQmviUEdEfdj0aJ0xAufcfVuQUIi51yxDTnPSWK6oGzVE2pk4YmzMBCqh7Rkbbf2SKaY/s1600/march+us+close2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580711162353875810" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTfND7EGlSuC8istPNmdJGcBK__YG_hTf2h_s_wFz16WbK7LIXfAG8DM5RfFSUUrXh76PhdZmpQmviUEdEfdj0aJ0xAufcfVuQUIi51yxDTnPSWK6oGzVE2pk4YmzMBCqh7Rkbbf2SKaY/s320/march+us+close2.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">finally, i made a mini - titled "dogs never lie about love" - for my daughter. she's getting pretty sentimental about her old dog (the dog is turning 10 this month, and is really showing her age)... the mini is from maya road and i watered down white acrylic paint for a whitewashed look.</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgirGKhifsLNbyKspO-lT2Vax0zTBud2wCdSSNQEox50-lf2zQt6JovNKwFxoYgGz34Neb7EqfuDjL_Tn1Dln6mj8FI9MyprxoZvDNCM8D4qQT5TVZZrKr8UTVIq9Mi0vcq17vBhkPzT2A/s1600/march+mini+standing.jpg"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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