3 down!! Proud Momma

Happy Monday!!

Over the past few days, you've seen that Carissa and I have spent quiet a bit of time working together working on her bridesmaids albums.  Well this one, I wanted to post to show you some of the hard work that she has been doing a lot by herself.  I have to say that girl has an eye for detail and she makes her Momma proud :)

So for Ashley her true country girlfriend!!

Each of the albums have cards attached in the front with a very personalized not directly from the bride herself.

And what cowgirl doesn't have her own scarf :)

Have to get those lucky horseshoes right?

Oh how I LOVE these pink cowgirl boots!!

What friends are about with no doubt

Oh and these aren't wimpy country girls, they know how to shoot with the best of them.  Their boyfriends/fiances have taught them well.

And of course, they do laugh out loud when they put those boys in line.

Gotta have your hat and wouldn't be complete without those long horns right?  lol

Sums it all up :)

It has been fun to watch all this transpire for her and watch how she also pours her sweet heart and soul into these gifts.  I think she did a fabulous job on this one.  The tags are all completed except for the ribbons, and of course she is also putting on a few pictures that she has picked out and #3 will be done!!  Only 2 more to go :)  Whew!!


Have a fabulous day and happy crafting!!

xo ~ Laura

Christmas Cards and more

Happy Sunday!!

I got so used to not worrying about what day it was and to have all the time in the world to do whatever I needed and now for these past 2 weeks, its been a total adjustment.  If I had a magic wand or a genie, I definitely know what I'd wish for lol :)  I'll let you figure that one out for yourself lol :)

So between Carissa and myself, we have been able to finish another album for one of the bridesmaids and realized that it is taking us about 3+ hours to do just the pages and tags/embelishments themselves.  The embelishments go by fast and Carissa is loving doing them. She puts so much thought into the colors and accents, what she is writing and what embelishments to use so that each girl has such precious memories that they've shared together throughout the years and they will be able to remember those great times and just smile.  I have a feeling there will be some happy tears shed when she gives them to everyone.   She needs a pick me up as her fiance is hunting this week and she's miserable so it's Mom to the rescue to keep her occupied :)  She loved the idea of personalized gifts for the girls and loved how I put them together and now she is enjoying doing a lot of the finish work.

So this one is for her sister who is 9 years older than she is.

She wanted to put some word embelishments on this page to bring back when they were younger.  These mean things to them lol.

I think this one says it all and what a special bond sisters have.

Oh when these two girls get together, this doesn't even describe them! lol

Only the bond that sisters have says this one.

They have always referred to each other as big sis, lil sis.

Aw yes.... no matter what, family.

I also decided to play around with some wrapping paper that has Season Greetings on it that I found at the Dollar Store.  So here is what I did.  I just started tearing strips, all sizes which looks like this.

Then I just started layering them on top of each other, altering the jagged edges to give the flower a base look which turns out like this.

Then I used the scrunching technique that I do on some of my other flowers but this time without spraying it with water and you will get this crinkled up ball of paper but don't worry.  You'll be surprised when you start unfolding them and you will end up with this cute flower :)

I then wanted to go ahead and make a Christmas card to put it on.  I'm not 100% happy with the card itself but not bad for the first attempt at it :)  They can't all be perfect right?  :)

Also, if you just love the mini albums that I have done, you have to go check out A Scrappy Design as she has a friend that is giving away 2 of these albums to 2 different winners!!  They are from the Teresa Collings collections and I love them!!  Hope on over and check it out :)

Giveaways for today:
Check these adoreable flowers being given away over at Janes Lovely Cards.  She's got such cute stuff :)  If you haven't stopped by, you're missing out :)

Have a wonderful day and happy crafting!!

xo ~ Laura

Have I won Lotto yet???? :)

Happy Wednesday!!

Well I have started my new fulltime position and getting up at 5:00 a.m. was very tough yesterday.  It will take me a few days weeks to adjust to this one.  With my last position, I was able to work from home the majority of the time after ramping up so this will be a big change as I have to be onsite much more.  We are still in negotiation as to how much.  Driving close to 80 miles a day to and from is hard to do 5 days a week but around these parts, you have to travel :(  Have I won lotto yet???  :) So here is my "temporary" office until I get into my "new" office.  I'm going to enjoy this view that's for sure as you don't get window offices too often unless you're a big wig boss :)

So I was able to come home and unwind some and get a few things done.  Not much as I was exhausted!!

I made these 2 cute cards and love the idea to be able to take the tag out and write on it, while still leaving the cute card in tack.  The person could even reuse it if they choose by creating a new tag.  Hmmmm recycle :)

The heart that has "friend" on it came from a free digi from Paulette over at Create With TLC.  She is so generous and has lots of freebies to let everyone use and the work that she does is absolutely beautiful. Thank you Paulette :)  I'm such a rookie compared to so many of these talented card makers but I love doing it and practice makes perfect :)

I also took a used dryer sheet and made this cute flower and sprayed it with Glimmer Mist.  How cute and simple is that one :) 

Well off I go again.  Thank goodness for a pot of coffee just waiting for me when I get up :)  Love technology lol  Is it Friday yet?  ;)

Reminder ~ only 3 more days until I announce the winner of my 100+ followers so hop on over to the GIVEAWAY and leave me a comment along with your email address so I can contact you when I use the random org on Friday.  Good luck to all of you.......you all mean so much to me :)

Have a wonderful day and happy crafting :)

xo ~ Laura

Boxes and Cards

Happy Tuesday!!

Well today I start a different routine so I may not have daily posts, or fewer items as I know for the next few weeks at least, I will be settling into my new fulltime job so my crafting time is going to be cut way down but have no fear, I will still be doing what I can when I am able and posting so keep checking in :)

I have been able to put together a few new boxes that I'm trying different styles on and making some cards and envelopes. Excuse some of the photos as I am tired and guess it showed as some of the pictures are blurry lol.

I made this one for my oldest daughter's 1st wedding anniversay.  I love these easel cards!!  They are so easy and fun to see and what a nice way to display them without them falling over.

I made this one for my new boss :)  She was my boss from a previous position I had and she went above and beyond the call of duty and actually had my new position created just for me.  Now that is sweet!  We always joked around at our last job together that we were bff's as we were the only females in the group and of course all the guys would say that so I thought this was cute :)  Yup, another easel lol.

My Mom is always saying that she needs a card for this or that SO I decided to create a little storage box and some different occasion cards and give it to her as a little surprise.

I made the little storage box for this also.  I think I'm getting the hang of these things now lol

Since I have been making more cards, I wanted to organize a few of my supplies and I found these awesome binders that hold a lot over at Walmart.  They were only $3 a piece!!

This has my "in progress cards on the left and my finished ones on the right :)

My finished tags on the left and my "To Do" along with the watercolors on the right.

My stamps all in one place.  Now that is a nice concept let me tell you verses having to hunt where all you put them, especially the little ones lol.

Now all I have to do is grab my folder and I can sit and get some cards done.  I do have another one that I will be putting together with embelishments in to organize those next.

And one final box that I put together.  This is pretty cool!  It is big enough to put a larger wallet in if you'd like.  I think I will try a smaller version for cute little gifts too.  Endless possibilities with these boxes let me tell you :)

Don't forget to enter my 100+ follower GIVEAWAY to have the chance to win my "Thank You" gift, ending on Friday the 10th.  I will be announcing the winner Friday evening.

AND I am so blessed!!  I just found out I won yet another giveaway!!!  Lets see if the lotto tickets bring me luck too lol.  I won a mini album from Tracie over at Life and time sofa 12x12 addict.  Stop by her blog and say hi.  She's got some cute items!!

Well that's it for now.  I hope that you all have a wonderful week and hope to see you really soon :)  Happy crafting!!

xo ~ Laura

Update on Journey Book

Happy Monday!!!

I have been busy working on the journey book that I'm putting together for Brandon and Carissa from when they first met through their honeymoon.  If you remember from one of my last post, this is how it all started.

This is what I have finished up through last night.

Opps took this one a little cricked lol

I also am making a bunch of different cards for my Mom as she doesn't get out as much and occasionally needs different occasions to send out so here is one of them that I made.

Don't forget I have a giveaway going on all week long for hitting my 100+ followers so hope on over and leave me a comment if you would like to win this cute Pink Frame.

Giveaways:
Don't forget to check out Meg's site over at A little knick knack.  Since it is so close to Fall, you won't want to miss this one :)

I hope that you're having a fantastic day and happy crafting!

xo ~ Laura