For a special little boy

My husband's cousin and his wife, who live in Fla., had their third boy about a week and a half ago. When I heard that they were decorating his room in a Curious George theme, I knew immediately that it was time to use this image of George that I had cut out of one of Nate's story book that he'd destroyed when he was an infant.

Giving an infant a paper book is rarely a good idea—hence, board books. I had saved this and stashed it away from a page that had be ripped out. I'm so excited to mail this doorknob hanger off to them!


The background paper is Lily Bee, letters are AC Thickers and the felt clouds are die cut from the Papertrey Ink cloud dies. The buttons are also Papertrey Ink.


And what's a baby gift without a card!? I made this with inspiration from Card Patterns sketch #110. Gotta love that site! Great jumping off point for me every week.


I used the same Lily Bee paper as the background and kept the jungle animal theme so that the gift will match a bit. Hope Mike, Mandy and new baby Hudson love this! :)

Thanks for stopping by my blog today. And thanks to everyone who did the No Housework hop this past weekend. I loved seeing all of the inspiration, and I appreciate all of you who stopped to leave a comment or signed up to follow my little blog. THANKS!!!

Enjoy the ride

IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR THIS WEEKEND'S HOP, CLICK HERE...

Hello everyone! Today I'm sharing my Sketchy Thursdays page with you. I made this page with my April kit from The Sampler. Remember the Ellie's Tale paper from Sassafras Lass that I was telling you about? Here's more of that paper. Now you can see the blue side with the feathers.


At Sketchy Thursdays this week, you are playing for a chance to win a $20 credit to Freehand Scraps. Such fun kits over there—and so many kit options, too. Gotta check it out!


See the lovely pleated flower. That's also made from that blue paper with the feathers. I love the final effect it had with the rich blue and muted yellow.

TIP OF THE DAY: A glue gun is the best way to adhere these pleated flowers together. I've tried a bunch of different glues, and I am really happy with how the glue gun worked out on this one. Especially how it was able to adhere the button. Just an idea...

Does everyone know how to make these? Leave a comment if you'd like to see a tutorial on my blog about these. I'd be happy to do one for you all.

I hope to see you all over at Sketchy Thursdays this week! Link up over there before Wednesday night. :) And have a wonderful weekend!

No Housework Hop...

Oh, how I love this idea! I am part of the These Are A Few of My Favorite Things gals that are celebrating with Groovy Deb and the No Housework Blog Hop.

You may find games, prizes, projects and tutorials along the path :) We would appreciate it if you sign up to keep in touch with us by "following" and would love your comments! Perhaps you arrived here from Misty's blog, that's fabulous!


Hope you enjoyed that stop and the others so far. We celebrate this national holiday by scrapping today and into the weekend with projects that remind us of housework or getting away from it! Take the day off, put up your feet and let's hop!


For the TAAFOMFT gals, we are sharing our FAVORITE COLORS. I just love great color combos. No color is amazing all by its lonesome but rather when it works well with others. Or so that's my theory. I'm sure I can be persuaded otherwise, though, lol. :)

My favorite color combo is a muted teal color when paired with chocolate brown and either pink or yellow. So fresh! I made this tag to show off these fave colors.

Thanks for your visit, please head over to see Jeannie. Enjoy!

And here's the full list if you'd like to hop along!

1. If It's Groovy (Groovy Deb)
2. Life With...(Julie)
3. Leading a Craftastic Life (Kristin)
4. Scrappy Side of Me (Jen T)
5. Peg's Crafting Corner (Peg)
6. All Things Crafty (Erica)
7. Scrapping the Guys (Heather)
8. Let's Get Peachy (Laura)
9. Creating Sensations (Vanessa)
10. Everyday Me (Michelle)
11. Basement Chronicles (Maya)
12. Love to Create (Misty)
13. Scrappy Go Lucky (Darlene)
14. Dragonfly Destiny (Jean-Marie)
15. Andrea's Metta (Andrea)
16. Red Car Productions (Krista)
17. Greets N Treats (Becky)
18. Paper Universe (Silvana)
19. The Limitations of Thought (Irini)
20. Step Into My World (Becky)
21. From the Owls Nest (Sharon)
22. Creations with Becka (Becka)
23. Crafty Go Lucky (Valerie)
24. Crafty Diva Lounge (Jen)
25. Just a Glimpse...(Jenneke)
26. Scrap it Girl (Kimberly)
27. These are a Few...(Julie)
28. Really? That Just Happened (Doreen)
29. Nikki Sivils (Julie c/o Nikki)
30. Marci's Scrapping Spot (Marci)
31. Scrapbookers Anonymous (Theresa)
32. Intrepid Thread (Julie)
33. Scrapbooking SOS (Michelle)
34. Flamingo Scraps (Amanda)
35. Scrapbook Abundance (Jana)
36. Artful Delight(Leeanne)
37. Mommy of 5 Kidz (Misty)
38. Designs by Diana (Diana) --YOU ARE HERE--
39. Polka Cabana(Jeannie)
40. A Day in the Life...(Kelly)
41. MarBare Scraps (Mary)
42. One by One...(Karel)

I hope you have a wonderful weekend and ignore that housework! I have a good chunk of the day on Saturday all to myself. Nate will be off with his grandparents, and I will be scrapping my heart out ... happily ignoring my housework. How about you? Gonna join us?!

(PS: If you need more inspiration, Sketchy Thursdays will have a new sketch for you today. Check it out and play along! Someone is going to get a $20 credit to Freehand Scraps. I'll be back tomorrow to share my page for that sketch.)

Ice cream, anyone?

I don't know about you, but I am so ready for an ice cream cone on a hot day. We're still in the 30s-40s here in Upstate NY, and I am not excited about all the rain that's in the forecast. So, to keep my spirits up, I continue to work with warm, sunny colors and fabulous images.

I made this card using the Card Patterns challenge #109. Definitely a sketch I can plan on using over and over again. It's fun and flirty, don't ya think?!


This cutie little Pure Innocence stamp arrived at my doorstep via ScrapbookingSuppliesRUs.com, as well as some new Copics. I was in need of some of the browns and dark greys for hair colors. I felt like all my recent images had the same hair color.

I also used part of my kit from The Sampler for the paper pierced dress and the papers in the cards. Elle's Tale from Sassafras Lass is in the kit and there is one piece of paper that I absolutely love. It's called Time Flies and it has the best pink polka dot paper on one side and a great blue color with feathers on the other side. Swoon!! I just love it. I need about 10 more sheets.

Thanks for stopping by today to see the card I made. I hope it's warmer where you are!

Happily Skipping Stones this month

I love April! I love it for the weather, the flowers and the smell of newness in the air. And I love this particular April because I am guest designing for Skipping Stones Design.

Though my bloggy friend, Jingle, I managed to wrangle myself the Funny Coffee set. I played along with their Tuesday sketch challenges for a few weeks and then happily found myself on the receiving end of a GDT e-mail. Yippee!!


This week's sketch should be live today for you to play along with us. Can you tell I am excited about this GDT spot? I have fallen in love with these stamps, and the ladies over at SSD are pretty cool, too.

For this card, I used the Dandelion Dreams set. I have to admit that this sketch threw me off. I sure hope it looks like I was able to pull it off in the end. :)

Hope to see you over at Skipping Stones. And thanks for stopping by to read my blog today! (Pssstttt.... I will be doing a giveaway on my blog for a stamp set from SSD very soon.)

Spring chicks have issues

At Paper Issues, the new linky party is ready, and the topic is "Show Us Your Grass!" We want to see what you are making for Easter or to celebrate spring. Cards, layouts, altered items ... anything! If you used paper, you're all set. You have until April 16 to link up with us.

This is what I made to get me into the springy mind set. These are 2 tags for Easter baskets or spring gifts. The paper and stickers are from Nikki Sivils' It's Raining, It's Pouring collection. And the chick is from Digi Stamp Boutique.



I hope I'll be seeing you around at Paper Issues. There are so many fun ladies hanging out over there.



Thanks for stopping by today! I hope everyone is having a good start to their week.

Carefree puddle stompin'

Hi everyone! Here's another card for you this week. I used Stompin Tobie from Some Odd Girl. Love these digi stamps. Lots of great characters to choose from. Check them out if you haven't yet.


Some Odd Girl has a challenge now to use a pleat. I also played along with the Card Makin' Mamas challenge to embellish a card. Other than the digi and the pleat, I also used twine, chipboard and stickers. Lots going on here!

Thanks for stopping by today! :)

Lil umbrella darling

I can't seem to get enough of this Pure Innocence: My Umbrella stamp from MFT. She looks like a darling little watercolor print in this frame, don't you think?!


She is happily perched among the rest of the spring things on the front hallway table. Thanks for stopping by today, and I hope everyone has a great weekend planned.

Chirp, chirp ... thank you!

Skipping Stones posted their sketch #70 challenge this week. Check out the link HERE to play along. In case you haven't figured it out yet, I've become quite the fan of Skipping Stones Design. There are so many stamps to choose from, and the sentiments that are paired with the images are great. I love it when I have a lot of sentiments to choose from.


For this card, I used the Chick Chat set. How cute—especially for this time of year as we get geared up for spring and Easter.

Hope you all have a wonderful Friday! Maybe some of you have some crafty time set aside for today or this weekend. If so, happy crafting!!