Oh boy...

...do I have ALOT going on right now!

Which is why I haven't really posted much all week.

I promise - I AM taking photos of my projects, well, at least the interesting ones {wink}.

Will post again mucho soon with some fun stuff and maybe a project (hint: think charm squares and table topper).

Be back soon!

Sewing-in!

What is a sew-in?

It is when we decide to stay in and sew, sew sew (or scrapbook, knit or whatever will help us get those projects done!)

So, I am joining in on my very first sew-in on Friday night, December 10th.

Want to join me?

Click over HERE to Handmade By Heidi's blog and sign up!

Not only will you get some things accomplished, you may win a prize - how cool is that?

And surf around Heidi's blog - it is really neat!

It's official

Just was contacted by Becky over at Patchwork Posse.



Looks like I'm a designer for her current Round Robin.

Whoa.

This is a big deal.

Another whoa.

Sitting down now.

Now, I have to start to breathe before I pass out. My kids will need me to make breakfast soon.

Stayed tuned for my progress on the round robin, and for my part in it.

Oh, and I'm working on my own quilt along that will start after the round robin ends...right now I only have a few followers, but maybe someone will join me? Pretty please?

Fall Fun

Took an abundance of photos the other day when the kids played in leaves....we have literally dozens of trees on our property. That means leaves, leaves and more leaves!

Believe it or not, the weather has been so yucky, we haven't had a chance to get out there and PLAY!




But we did today - yay!

Here's all the details on how I made them:
Creative Memories StoryBook Creator Plus 3.0 software
Blueprint pages from pixels2Pages
Cheerful Autumn Addition "Cheerful Leaves" paper for the background
Cheerful Digital Power Palette Red Paper28 and Yellow Paper27 for photo mats
Fonts Cornfed (title) and Amienne (subtitle and journaling).
"Leaves" on big photo is from the Cheerful PP filled with Cheerful Hatch paper from the Cheerful Autumn Addition.

Full size pages under the Scrapbooking link...

Now look back at the photos and just enjoy them. It really was a fun afternoon!

Putting it out there...

So, I'm looking thru my stash...getting some swap pinwheel blocks started, pulling out strips for a fun mystery that coming up in December...and low & behold I find a bunch of charm packs.

Yup, charm packs I didn't remember I had.

Charm packs that would be perfect for this little pattern for a quilt that I've been puttering with the past few weeks.

Now I have no excuse.

I have the charms, plenty of them.

I have the new original pattern.

I have to try to whip up my own quilt top with my own pattern. This is super new for me.

I'm putting it out there so I don't chicken out and hide under the bed!

Stayed tuned...

"Where oh where did my Monday go?"

Oh where oh where can it be?

All of a sudden it's 4:11 in the afternoon....and I feel I haven't gotten much done.

Altho'....

I did machine quilt a holiday gift quilt.

I did help my daughter with her homework and spelling words.

I did take excellent care of my toddler all day, even tho' he didn't nap.

Did I eat lunch? Oops! That's why I'm a bit hungry.

I even managed a shower, cool.

Looking back, I did pretty good all in all.

That's where my Monday went, and that's okay.

How is your Monday?

Window to the world

Well, at least one to a beautiful scene.

I made this page in a matter of minutes using StoryBook Creator Plus 3.0 for the PC and a tutorial from the Pixels2Pages blog. The tute was super easy to follow and the results are stunning. (It had to be easy - I did it with my 2 adorable kids RUNNING around the house!)

I actually used a paper fill on the "Cape Cod 2008" lettering. The paper used is Paper 8 from Nature's Whisper Digital Kit (which sadly isn't available any longer). The ABC lettering is the Sophisticate Alphabet Letter Set. I had to type each letter individually, arrange them how I like them and then I grouped and flattened them together, under the Arrange tab. Once flattened, you can apply any paper and/or surface effect to them.

Oh, and for the background (the area surrounding the window pane) I simply filled it with the same photo, just cropped it to only show the water portion. By using the same photo I was certain it would match and no tweeking would be needed.

Pixels2Pages has a TON of Blueprints and tues to help you create the best digital pages you can. And they are always coming up with new ideas, challenges and freebies!