Fall Fun

We are having such a beautiful fall here in the Seattle area. So far the weather has been great with not a lot of rain. What rain we have has fallen all at once so we've had alternate rain and no rain days. Not a lot to complain about (yet!).

This year Robby got to carve his own pumpkin. Putting a pumpkin kit carving knife in his hand was pretty scary but he really did a good job carving ALL our pumpkins. We exhausted all the "easy" but scary templates on the web but still had more pumpkins to carve. We decided on a ghost but, of course, my freehand ghost was not good enough. So, off to the pazzle. I cut out the ghost that came with the Holidays CD and our last pumpkin became a carved piece of art. Have I mentioned how much I love this machine????

My sis sent me some pictures of my too-cute nieces and this one was just screaming to become scrapped. So, I did.

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Quick Calendar

Here's a quick calendar that I did yesterday. It uses bits and pieces from just about every scrapbook company out there (and then some). Fall is my favorite season so I have SO much fall themed items. I'll journal on it and use it to help with my fall pages.

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I really wanted to do some major pazzle playing this weekend but things never work out like they should. I went to bed on Thursday night and woke up Sunday for dinner. Really, I don't know what I had but a good 4 day nap and I'm feeling much better.

I wanted to do something for my neice in Texas-Olivia-for Halloween. I have to assume that my sister isn't into letting her have a ton of candy so I found myself at Target in the $ section and picked up stickers. Then I put my pazzle to use and drew her her very own coloring book. Not bad for a first attempt and it opens the door to so many possibilities. Now, Peyton needs something fun.

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New Layouts

Wow, I can't believe it's been over a month since I posted last. We've had quite a few hectic last couple of weeks with Ryan catching swine flu. Andrew got a mild case but other than that the rest of us stayed healthy. Honestly, it was a little scary as I didn't really know what to expect and the sore throat and cough lingered on forever. It was the sickest I've seen my child in a really long time.

Fall is officially here! And with the record heat we've had lately I'm actually ready for it. The trees are trying really hard to change color but with temps over 80 it's been a little rough for them. Alas, my birch is turning yellow!!

On to scrapbooking-I've been playing with the pazzle and having a total blast with the pen tool. It doesn't fit my CTMH pen collection but with a little tweek here and there I did get it to work. Here are some layouts I did. I'm working on a few cards that I should have posted tomorrow.

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Ribbon Storage

The last week before the kids go back to school is more hectic than I ever expected. I have not gotten near as much scrapping done as I would like. But, I have had a few moments to organize my craft area.

I love ribbon on my projects and found myself with more ribbon spools and scraps then I thought I had. Here's my solution. All it cost me was some good Italian themed meals so I could use the empty cheese container.

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Birthday Cards

Ok, I know that I said I was going to be away for the week but...I can't stay out of my craft room for too long. So, today I made my mom and dad their birthday cards. As you can probably tell, I am not a card creator, I like to stick to scrapbook pages. Even so, I wanted to share.

Mom's card used mostly the tickled pink set from CTMH, the happy birthday is a sticker (I couldn't for the life of me find my stamps). It's a pop up card and was actually fun to make. Dad's card was a father's day card that we did at a CTMH workshop that I altered for dad's birthday (I found my stamps for his).

Toni, your fall paper and embellishments are on their way. I'll mail them out tomorrow.

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This week

I can't believe the summer is almost over. We've had a wild ride here outside Seattle-record high temperatures and record lows temperatures. We used to say in Texas, If you don't like the weather wait a couple hours and it will change. I think we can definately substitute Washington for Texas.
There will be a lack of activity on my blog this week! I need to do some "spring" cleaning and back to school shopping. I'll be back on Monday with a new giveaway-new video and-new scrapbook layout! Have a great week.
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