Questions answered!

Joni had some questions I totally forgot to answer when I posted this morning! If your Art Warehouse rub ons aren't working I would try this. Cut out the piece you want to use and stick in front of a heat source for a few seconds...like a space heater. I had trouble rubbing some on metal, and I tried this and they went on like butter. My scrap room is freezing and I have trouble with lots of my rub ons and this usually does the trick. However, my Art Warehouse rub ons are awesome and I usually don't need to do this. I'm not just saying this because I'm on their DT because I don't think that would be fair. I would never promote supplies that don't work right. My budget is tight too, so I know how it feels to invest in things that don't work out for you. I hope the heat does the trick for you. Also do I prefer Mod Podge? I use Mod Podge when I want a matte finish and I use Aleene's decoupage when I want glossy. Just what I have always done. Sometimes it just depends on my mood and what I think will work best for the paper I am working with. The decoupage is thicker and can soak through thin paper very quickly, so I don't typically use it with thin paper. I've also heard Thermo Web makes really cool adhesive sheets, but I haven't tried these yet. I just get some kind of therapy from decoupage....Hope this helps. Sorry it took me so long on these questions. I'd love to see what you are working on with the Art Warehouse stuff!

Just Hangin' Out

I guess I haven't been up to much. Nothing spectacular to show you. Just a couple of random pictures of the resident cuties. My head has hurt so bad lately, I haven't felt like doing much. I have to go back to work tomorrow. Wish I had done more than clean my carpets!

A Little More Fancy Pants

Need some Sunshine today? My BF's daughter. One my fav pics I took of Annika. I know it isn't her mom's fav, but I loved it so much, I had to blow it up. Her mom was yelling, "Annika, Open your eyes! I hate pictures where you eyes are all squinty." This is what we got. Those light blue are just too sensitive to light. Just precious! This is Fancy Pants paper and rub ons. My final FP layout for CMK this month!

Art Warehouse Stamps Have Arrived!

I am in love with my new stamps. I wish there were more hours in the day to play! My little boy helped open the box. I just know the little guy will be some kind of an artist. He wanted to know right away if I these were stamps I used with paint. Pretty smart for a 3 year old. He said they were SO Beautiful! and he has good taste! I guess as the card says..Happy Happy Times! I am also posting the set of Art Warehouse stamps I used...yummy..huh! You can check them out here... Limited Edition
Have a super Tuesday!

A Little Kung Fu Fighting

No idea what this girl was doing. She is just tired of standing in front of the camera and started going a little KUng FU on mom. We are sitting around trying to figure out plans for this wonderful Saturday. The dh is coming home from Nicaragua tonight from his mission trip adventure and we have to pick him up from the airport later. At some point we will have to clean the house up, so he doesn't freak out that the laundry isn't all done when he comes home. I better get bookin' if we are going to fit some fun in! Hope you all are having a fun filled Saturday as well!

Sweet Feet

Everything is SWEET with Rocket Dogs on your feet! Someday I will mature past the age of 12 and wear grown up shoes..Not today. Happy Tuesday!

Easter Bucket

This took about 3 minutes! Put sticker on bucket. Tie ribbon around bucket. Put pencils in. The kids in my classroom love these things! Totally worth the 3 minutes and I get to use up these old stickers that I wouldn't use on a layout, but I love to look at! Hoppy Monday!!

CMK has Fancy Pants

Fancy Pants is the DT sponsor at CMK this month. They are also running a Fancy Pants contest, so if you have lots of Fancy Pants layouts sitting around get over there and upload them, so you can win some great FP prizes. Or if your just feeling like you have Fancy Pants you could create some new ones of your very one! Here is my very first layout of the month. I finally managed to get myself all the way across town to print $1.47 8 x 12 photos at Sam's Club last night. They did an awesome job. I love this photo. Working with it was harder than I thought. Poor little Austin in this pic! He has the same clueless look on his face as the monkey on his shirt! Big sisters can be so sneaky! Have a Super Sunday!!

My Other Photographer!

So, I'm finally posting the pictures the littlest photographer took. He has begged me every moment of the day since this to take more pictures. He took the one of his siter as she was getting off the bus today. I took the one of the two of us together. Sometimes you have to squat down really low if you actually want to get in his shot, but he is getting better. That shot of his sister looks like he may have licked the lens or something! Well, I have nothing new to show today. I had a migraine most of the day and had some homework I had to finish up. Off to make my impact on the education world tomorrow! Have a wonderful Thursday!!

My Little Photographer!

It started out with me taking pictures of the cute little bunny house the kids decorated last night. Then my daughter wanted to take pics and then the little guy decided he was quite the photography pro. I'll have to post his pictures later. I need to be working on my resume and not blogging. I just loved how cute they were lugging the camera around this morning when they are usually avoiding it like crazy. Check out my cutie T-shirt. I know...my mom is going to say I'm about ten years too old for it, but I SO don't care. I feel cool and I am 30 years old, so some days I need to feel this way. My daughter will be more than happy to take it off my hands at any time and it is great inspiration for a scrapbook page....right after I work on that resume!

Easter Wreath

Easter is right around the corner! I needed a new wreath for my scrap room door, so here it is! Love all those eggs!

Oh the Stuff!

Scrapbookers tend to be hoarders and collectors. Well, at least I am. We buy and buy and hoard and save and then yell "Holy CrOp! What have I done? I must USE! I must PURGE!" I end up feeling guilty and overwhelmed and try to cut back and then new stuff comes out and I begin to drool once again. But sometimes I just sit at my scrap table and I run my fingers through my buttons and look through my basket of fun stuff I have sitting on my table and I oooooh and ahhhhhhh and I remember why I had to have it and just sometimes all that "stuff" inspires me. and then I end up using every color frill I own on one layout. Hee heee hee.....

Enjoying the Weather!

It was only supposed to be in the 50s here yesterday, but managed to get up to 67! The weather has been so yucky, we were just so excited. Even my 3 year old was just happy happy as could be. When I picked him up at preschool he said, "I hate my school, but I played outside today!" My daughter wanted to go to Target and use her gift card she got for Christmas to buy a new scooter. Looks like we are going to have another beautiful day and the little guy and I are going to enjoy it!

Where to get Art Warehouse

Joni wanted to know where to Art Warehouse!! They are often listed under Creative Imaginations! I know Two Peas In a Bucket has them Here. They carry the square swatch books, which are my very Favorite! Also this little website sells lots of Art Warehouse stuff.. ScrapHappy KT. Those links should take you right to the AW stuff. ScrapHappy didn't look like they have the square swatch books, but they have the regular ones. I know the square ones are around $16.00 which I thought was pricey, but when I got mine I was "wowed" at the amount of stuff in them. They are packed and I am used to paying $4.00 for one sheet, so you are getting your moneys worth! Plus I love all those circles!!! Also Rebecca at CMK said she had ordered the Art Warehouse stamps that Hampton puts out. They aren't in yet, but should be in the next couple of months. Rebecca runs great specials all the time and you earn rewards points when you shop there. Also her shipping is super fast. Creative Imaginations also has a website where you can see product...If you can't find something please let me know and I will be more than happy to help you track it down. My email is creasah@hotmail.com!

You Make Me Happy!

I've been doing homework most of the day. How exciting. It doesn't seem like I've made much progress. I managed to take a picture of this layout that has been sitting on my desk forever! My sweet little sunshine. Finally we are having some sunshine here today. Hope it is shining on you today too!

Oh My Beloved!

I picked this up at Big Lots of $5.00. It looks much better with some Art Warehouse Beloved paper and my beautiful kiddos! The jars on top have buttons in them. I started sorting my buttons by color. We'll see how far I get with that one! Thanks for taking a peek! Happy Saturday everyone!

Happy Valentine's Day!!!

My kiddos were so sweet this morning. So excited just to get cards. My daughter wanted to go outside and catch snowflakes on her tongue before we left for school. It is freezing here! The bottom is a frame I made for the weekly challenge at CMK...using your scraps on home decor. Hope everyone finds some love in their day to share!

Layouts!!

Everyone around here has been so sick. The little one has an ear infection, I still have a cold and my husband has been running a high fever with a tummy bug. Gross. So I'm still alive and have layouts to boot! Not sure how that happened. The top one is for CMK. The sponsor this month is 3 Bugs in a Rug. The bottom one is just for me, for fun. I love that picture of Austin and it has been sitting on my scrap table forever. I am going to try to do more layouts of him. Hope everyone is enjoying their Saturday!

Art Warehouse Product Spotlight

This was my Art Warehouse Product Spotlight last week. Which just means it was on their website featuring their products. If you are looking for teacher gift ideas for Valentine's day, they have some really cute things up. You can check them out here Art Warehouse!

RAK Winner!

Trish is the winner of the Friendship RAK! I made my mom draw, so it would be fair. I loved what she said on her blog about her husband also being her best friend! Send me your address Trish and I will mail it out this week! My email is creasah@hotmail.com! Congrats and thanks for playing!