1st published card

happy monday all. not for me since i have to leave for work in a few minutes but....
here is my 1st ever publication in northridge media's Create: Stamping issue!! this is the card published. so excited when i found out---last year!! had to wait patiently!
this card includes my favorite stamp companies: hero arts and lawn fawn.this is the paged scanned. i always love how they have the props....all their photography makes the card look 100x better! :)

i was super excited because at CHA because the issues were there and that was my 1st time holding it and looking at my card in the issue! this is the issue it's in below (not my cover).

and me, posing with my page like a dork! but i was a happy dork! thanks nancy for taking the picture!

thanks for letting me share and as always, for your support & comments! who knows when i'll have the chance to be in another publication! it takes soooo long to fill out the forms! that's my only dislike!

you're the one for me

this card is made from some upcycled materials:
-paint chip sample (the 3 panel of color & the purple scallop)
-the long purple strip is from the paper backing of a hero arts clear set

the only new materials are the white card base & the round purple circle

using the very cute set, love 'n breakfast & clear to see from lawn fawn.

try looking around to make an "upcycled" card! if you do, i'd love to see it! come back & link here :)

TFL!

pumpkins

sharing this simple holiday card. now that halloween is over, i need to get cracking on holiday cards.

i had these halloween/fall pics loaded on blogger but never finished the post. and i'd have half the photos uploaded here and the rest, would come up with an error message on blogger....anyone else? so frustrating.

we were in SF this past weekend celebrating my niece's 1st birthday. she is SUCH a doll!! took tons of pictures of that cutie and will share some party pics and the boys in their halloween costumes.there were some gorgeous pumpkins!

i like the ugly, bumpy ones and i came home with one.

their choices

which pumkins do we want to take home????

some halloween cards i never got around to posting BEFORE halloween!

silly boys! happy fall! and thanks for stopping by!

summer's over

bryan had his 1st day of soccer practice today. he did real well!

bunch of 4-5 year olds. aren't they cute? these younger kids did better than brandon's team mates at their practice on tuesday. surprising!

waiting for their uniforms!

who wants a snack?

some cards i've made but haven't posted.

back to school already! cannot believe how fast summer passed by. i found out brandon's teacher assignment wednesday. he has 2!!! the 2 teachers split the days they work. that means i have to make double the teacher gifts??!! yikers! we'll see how brandon's first day goes. i have a 2nd grader now...... aaaaand, poor brybry STILL cannot go to school yet. he's looking forward to fall 2012! so am i!

august already?

can you believe it's august already? brandon starts school in september. where did the summer go?
getting ideas for my next card class. this halloween one will be one that we will be making. not sure what the other 2 projects will be.

a birthday card for a friend. it's late. i can never seem to get it together to be on time!

thanks for stopping by today. gotta run & entertain the boys!

"i told you so"

the boys have been wanting to go to cabrillo park for a hike since summer started and we got a chance to go this past saturday.
here they are 'becoming junior rangers'----again. they answer some questions about the park and turn it in to the ranger and raise their right hand & recite a pledge. then they get a junior ranger badge. we've done this before but it's still fun for the boys!

it was a gorgeous day with lots of sailboats out.

goof-balls!

we saw lots of little lizards. see all those rocks? apparently, they're pretty sharp! you'll read about that a little later in this post.

resting their feet

1.2 miles x 2= a fun hike UNTIL.............

bryan did a face plant. he was running up the trail and i told him stop it before he falls down. besides, the trail is alongside steep cliffs. but no....he kept on running. he fell down, face first and cut up his arm on some of those sharp rocks. [i told you so] he cried. and cried. such drama---he asked if he was going to die. when will the boys listen?????????????????????

after cleaning up bryan's arm and a trip to the pharmacy, we went out for a nice dinner. we got a table outside and enjoyed the view and some ocean air.

we even saw a pirate ship!

walked around after dinner and saw this. any little girl would've loved seeing this. my boys--- not so much.
2 cards to share today. the kraft is the negative die part that usually gets thrown away. but i like to try to use up my scraps.
repetitive stamping and a bit of glossy accents.

happy monday!