More Flowers

These flowers are pretty easy to make but time consuming to put together.
They will definitely add color and versatility to cards or layouts.
For some reason i love making flowers right now, maybe because i think i can use them in many different things.
My almost four year old daughter says to me today, "mommy can i have some of those beautiful flowers in my hair to help me look gorgeous."  She ia just too cute sometimes but then my two year old son wanted some as well.  Hope to make tons more to share with you.

Sorry my camera is out of commisison so i am having to take pictures of everything with my i phone.

Into the woods counterfiet kit

Well after a lot of struggling and decision making i finally got my entire kit finished and the four add-on as well.  Yeah for me!  Only one kit i was not too sure about but it will work.  Who would think with a two year old who is experiencing the terrible part of terrible two's, and a four year old with a attitude the size of dumbo, would allow me the time to get this done?!!!
So here are the details of the kits:

MAIN KIT
Crafty Creatures
 My inspiration for this kit came from a camping theme.
The papers are earth tone colors and the crittter paper matches "creatures" of the forest.
I then added some buttons to match, die cut creatures, some camping/woods tags and a felt printed tag holder with a die cut mushroom.
The alphabet set is felt with stitching and matching colors to the color paper selection.  I also chose a green chipboard color alphabet set to coordinate with the woodsy theme.
I also added some buttons and some scallop sticker tags for embellishments.
Ultimately, my favorite kit!

Kit One add-on
Beachy Bliss
This kit was created with the inspiration of the water and kids playing or picnicing.
The papers i chose were swirls to resemble the water and browns and blues to accent.
I used a blue felt alphabet stitched set.  My ribbon is a darker royal blue but says splish splash, great for my theme, and a blue white rope like twine ribbon.  I added aqua and gold/yellow bling and vintage papers of kids on the beach or playing.  I used Maya road envelops, very cute and brown to match.Stella rose collection of brads and pebbles to dress everything up, absolutely love it.  And finally, i added three old fashioned papers of tickets,utensils and cooking.  Can't wait to dream something up with this kit.

Kit two add-on
Beautiful Breeze
This is a kit that i put together with inspiration of the dreamy hills and knolls.
I chose papers of pastels.  The scalloped alpha bet reminded me of kids playing outside or at a park playing hopscotch.  The flowers i thought would tie together the yellow in the paper i chose and the color of sun.

I added blue flower ribbon and some lacey ribbon, a stamp set with swirls and butterflies, a blue tag, green tag and brown tag.  My alphabet set enhance the paper color choices.I also added yellow pearlized pebble bling, some journalling tags and colorful butterfly stickers.

Kit three add-on
Sunshine on a rainy day
I thought this was fitting for into the woods theme.  How many times have you gone camping and it has rained?!! This kit was inspired by the boots stamp set.  I loved in and thoughi can make a bright and cheery kit based on rain and sun.  The color choices of paper were to symbolize the sun and bright vibrant days.  The clouds were for those "rainy days."
My embellishments are lots of varieties of flowers, because after all when it rains and the sun appears, the flowers always look so vibrant and alive.I have added some rickrack ribbon and tags of lunch dates.  The alphabet set ties in beautifully to the colors and most of all,  I love the crocheted flowers!

Kit four add-on
Majestic Meadow
I tried to think what else i could use for my kit of into the woods and all i could come up with was what do you see when out hiking?  "Majestic meadows" full of life.  Many creatures live in the meadows and therefore my glittered, bright paper of butterflies worked brilliantly in this kit. I chose paper that matched the butterfly paper.  I added beautiful stella rose flowered rhinestone pebbles.  They just look so beautiful.  I added a pink ribbon border and girlie tags.  I added flowers and some green leafs and blue and purple rhinestones and the new bo bunny butterfly collection of stickers.   The pink and white flower buttons and the journaling tags make great accents.  Many wonderful ideas come to mind for this kit.

I am so excited to be finished and to start working on my glorious amounts of creative  ideas!
So tell me what you all think.

Dreaming all night

Good morning!
For the second night in a row i got to sleep through the night, not to be awakened by a child! However i did spend the entire night dreaming about my counterfeit kit. I have join the counterfeit kit challenge (http://counterfeitkitchallenge.blogspot.com/) put on by Meridy Twillings at Two peas in a bucket. Last night i put together the paper but none of the embellishments. So hopefully after i drop my daughter off at preschool this morning i will be able to finish them and take pictures to share with all of you.
I hope to be back in a couple of hours to show what i have completed.

Flowers (I have a new addiction)

Here are some pictures of my latest addiction!
My neighbor introduced me to these amazingly easy flowers.
I have been making them for a couple of weeks but don't seem to get a lot of free time with two young kids. All it takes is a little time and sometimes a lot of patience to make them.

All you need is some thread, a needle, tweezers and a candle to make them and some material. CAUTION does tend to burn your thumb and finger sometimes, but with such an addiction i never notice! Hopefully i can get sometime to post pics of how to do them.

I had some different colors and styles made but i gave them to a friend of mine. She was diagnosed a year ago with breast cancer at the age of 35. She has three kids all under the age of 4. She had a mastectomy and underwent chemotherapy and radiation last summer and finished up two weeks before Christmas. She is going into the !hospital this Friday for reconstruction surgery and will be there for a week so she said she wanted to work on scrapbooking stuff and i thought she could use some.

Best of all my husband is finally back from his six week training in Germany, and my kids are so happy to have daddy home:0)
SO TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK!

It's been a long week

Well not only has it been a long week, i see it has been almost a year since i have posted on here. Can't really blame it on much of anything, guess i just got too caught up in everyday life.
My husband left for Germany January 14, and boy does it feel like a life time ago. He is away on training in Germany for the next 6 weeks and does not return home until February 26th. My loving 2 year old son and almost 4 year old daughter have made it feel like a lifetime that he had been gone. I think they have collaborated together on seeing who can aggravate mommy more and they both are winning at that.
That being said i have some spare time in the evenings which has allowed me to catch up on scrapbooking and somewhat reorganizing my scrap room. I am planning on painting it and putting in a new counter top and doing reorganizing throughout the room. Yippppeeee!
I started decorating for parties last summer and would love to do it as a business. I find it a way to combine my love of throwing a party and my creative sense to come up with something different and unique.I did a tinkerbell tea party for my daughter. I made tulle skirts and all the decorations and they even had "pixie dust" (cake sprinkles) for designing their own cupcakes. The other party was a princess party for a friends daughter birthday. Most decorations were done by me and the cakes were done by my friend and they turned out fabulous. So have a look through some of my photos and leave me a comment on what you think.
Hopefully tomorrow will bring a better day!

PARTY PICTURES