summer is time for fairs

hello! been to your country fair yet? we went over the weekend to the san diego county fair. fairs are what i look forward to in the summer!
i made this card with fairs in mind. the carousel is partly paper pieced. made this for the lawnscaping challenge here. turned the sketch around.we went to the san diego fair saturday. luckily, it wasn't too sunny and it wasn't too hot.

i always love looking at all the fair signs. so colorful! and tempting!

view of the crowd and the ferris wheel waaaay in the background.

i remember in middle & high school, me & my friends would love taking pictures in the photobooths. so fun!

why the grumpy face? not more than a minute of getting there, bryan asked for cotton candy. we told him we will get some at the end of the day and he was not happy. and he sure reminded us throughout the day by saying, "i'm not happy". ahhh, i'm LOVING the 4 year old attitude!

this was the best part about this fair [besides the giant turkey leg]---this marching band. they had colorful coat-tails, silly hats (one had a dead chicken hat). even the tuba was painted like a mouth!

we spent some good money on fair games. to win what? junk! but for a 4 & 6 year old, they are treasures! although......i wouldn't have minded winning this owl here ;)

brandon and his silly self! and look, he won an angry bird!

i can't wait til the OC fair rolls around in july! thanks for stopping by!

next card class featuring lawn fawn

so, i have decided on these 3 cards for my next card class here on july 9th using lawn fawn sets. this first one uses a gluber to make this twisty flower here. set used: sophie's sentimentsi posted this one before but here it is again. added a little polymer flower made by me. sets used here are: on the mend, critters in the 'burbs (to make the clouds), say cheese

i recently posted this card in the post before this one. uses more polymer flowers i made . sets used here are: schoolhouse backdrops, fly free, critters in the 'burbs, petite florals

please contact linda at stamp fever 714.974.3552 if you can make it! or just contact me also! TFL!

whip cream, waterballoons and ice cream

went to go get some giftcards for school staff for end of the year gifts one day with bryan and he somehow sweet-talked the coffee bean people to give him a cup of whip cream. ummm, thanks?!pictures from brandon's end of the year party. they had an ice cream/waterballoon fight party. but no icream cream fight....just to clarify!
look at all those yummy waffle cones! i was supervising the toppings bar armed with a can of whipped cream.

brandon and his ice cream

lucky bryan got to go to the party too. you did NOT want to see what toppings bryan put on his!! no mother wants to see it!!

in action during the waterballoon fight.bryan threw some too!

believe me when i tell you i joined in the fight....afterall, i did fill up 143 balloons!! and i did get my son and some of his classmates wet!! what is that saying........ 'payback is a ______'? j/k of course ;)

brandon with his teacher! was worried 2 1/2 months into the school year when his assigned teacher left for another job. truly blessed and worked out that we got mrs. john! brandon adores her!

ok, onto some cards.

i have a crafty friend in MI who lost her mom and then her father within 6 days! can you even imagine what she is going through? made & sent out this card for her. linking this to lisa spangler's 'make-it + mail-it' challenge here. got the color inspo from the madewell top on her inspiration photo. and tried this water color technique. flower cling was inked w/ an AC stamp marker. then dipped a wet paintbrush and colored it in.

this one will be for my next card class in july. some more of my handmade polymer flowers. and a teeny tiny bit of coloring.my favorite owl stamp. and a lot more coloring here.TFL! we are on summer mode. love waking up at 8:30! but, the boys are constantly fighting!!! fun times!

girly, you rock

a quick hello and a card. this is for the I'm Sew Excited! challenge here. paired lawn fawn, cosmo cricket and PTI.

busy busy

been busy these past few weeks with school winding down and all. our last day is thursday!

this little cutie came to visit us last week! this is my niece jadyen, who is almost 8 months old. she's adorable and i just want to kiss those cheeks all the time!bryan.....he's been so clumsy lately. he has a new boo boo every other day! i should buy stock in band-aid!

brandon's been having so many activities in his school these last days of school. here are a few pics of his field day. waiting to play musical chairs...

having a good time with his school mates!

getting from one end to the other in his own style!made this card for a special someone. CAS, sweet and simple.

brandon has been taking swimming lessons for almost 2 years now. here is brandon with his swim teacher, thomas. their pesonalities mesh nicely. they are both silly and clown around. like when i asked if i could get a picture of both of them. thomas held brandon like a baby....i dunno whose idea that was!this card i made for the front desk manager at his swim place. he is leaving to go to med school so we wanted to send him off with a congrats card.

i foolishly volunteered to help fill up 100 water balloons for brandon's water party at school to celebrate the end of the school year. i had them popping in my face! and my thumbs REALLY hurt! they're raw and swollen!

and i counted all the balloons....... 143!!!! not 100 but 143!!!! if i had known..........

thanks for stopping by!

speedy

happy friday! cute turtle, no? it's a new set from lawn fawn. i am planning on using this for my next card class. i also made the little purple flower too from clay and molds that can be found here.my cousin, iris, was here last weekend (from SF) visiting her friends. she always makes a point to set aside some time for us too. :) i wanted to make some of these. so she joined in and we made a whole afternoon making these flowers! that is AFTER she had to play buzz lightyear operation game with the boys and sonic on the Xbox.

the green clay here though was very hard to pop out of the mold. it was very 'sticky'. some of the flowers came out a little warped. i did the best i could! now, just thinking of all the other colors i want to get next!

happy friday! looking forward to having my sister stay for a few days while my BIL is at the E3 convention for "work". no, really, it is for his work! i get to see my cutie niece, jadeyn! she is growing way to fast and i feel i am missing out on her milestones. can't wait! well, off to clean up! i have lots to do!

faces i love to hate!

yes, these darling boys with their cute smiles can be a handful! especially these past few months! fight over the same toys, tattles on each other, eggs the other one on, blames the other for doing something they didn't do. oy---- it's going to be a long summer!! (photo credit belongs to donna)i just love this picture of bryan! he loves to try on sunglasses in the stores when we are out shopping. sometimes, i wonder too how i can mad at a face like this! [real easy LOL]

the boys have been into these mini lego figures. bryan loves to take all the heads off and change them out. pretty funny sometimes seeing how he leaves his toys. and should i be worried about this at all---him taking all the heads off and having headless lego people?!!

some cards that i made last week.

this one may be a card class one. haven't decided. my next class is in july.

made a father's day card early. trying to stay ahead of the game!

thanks for stopping by!