I won! :)

So I won a custom button for my blog...and a blog award! I just can't figure out how to post the award... ??? [*Meredith sings to herself "If I only had a (html) brain"]

New Cards I made:

Tag made on a coaster from Target


House Mouse Birthday Card




Birthday Card


For anything






Thank you card


CARDS FOR ADDIE:
*Made w/ Coke Zero can! :)


Joy Fold Card


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Inside






Okay, that's all for yesterday! :) I'll post a pic of her finished package later... :) God Bless you!

3 Months...

My baby boy will be 3 months old tomorrow! :) We take a pic of him each month with George the monkey to show how he's grown....so far here's what I've got.

ONE MONTH


TWO MONTHS


THREE MONTHS

Scrapping Class

Yippe! :) I may get the opportunity to teach a scrapbooking class this summer as part of a summer camp. It sounds like a great opportunity and may possibly be the thing I need to jumpstart my papercrafting resume! :) I am really excited about it...hopefully it will pay too! I need to get ideas going for what techniques to cover each day! Some sketches maybe and some pre-done cuts. How exciting!!!

Gift From God

Our gift from God...Jon and I took this pic of Jonas (we kept taking turns so who knows who really did take it...) when he was a week and a half old. :)

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Cards! :)

So I had the sketches in front of me..and this is what came out...lots of card. I am a "bulk card maker" per say, so when I use a piece of 12x12 patterned paper, if I have time, I use it as far as it will go. In this case, for 6 cards. These cards are the prepackaged white ones w/envies, but I decorated them. They are 5x6.5.

I made two frog ones that are just alike, and plan on putting something like "Have a 'Toad-ally' Awesome Birthday" or "Have an 'Un-FROG-ettable' Day" inside them, the the shape is pop-dotted so it is 3-d. I got the stamp last year when the company (*Mer can't remember the name now..) went out of business and sold grab bags of stamps cheap....same with the ladybug stamp.

I love the CRIMPER I just bought. I used it on some of the flowers and on the leaves. It gives a nice 3-D effect. I esp. love the leaves, how the background is patterned and crimped and the outline is not. So cool. Glad I bought it, and it is much faster than dragging out the cuttlebug/folders when you just want some fast dimension.


I used AUTO FILL on my E when I cut the scallops, flowers and other shapes, used what I wanted and then put the extras in ziploc baggies to save for later. I will be getting a plastic type shoe box for this purpose soon, and will cut file folder dividers from GRAPHICALLY SPEAKING (Cricut Cartridge).

I love black/white/red or pink combos, yesterday was a red combo. I esp. love the circle stamps that are pretty new to me. Needed grad cards and these worked nicely. THanks for looking! :) Love reading your comments!

New Layouts! :)

**Sorry these are huge, but I am too tired to figure out why or how to fix it...so just click the picture if you want to see the whole thing. SOrry!


























Okay, these are the layouts I did since Saturday. In case you haven't noticed, I have issue with weeding out pictures (even though I DID weed through them). I just think they are all so cute, and Jonas has so many sweet expressions, so needless to say, I am a "heavy picture scrapper" meaning I use lots of pics on layouts. Here are some of my favs from the past few days (YES THERE ARE MORE I DIDN'T PHOTOGRAPH!!) :) Thanks for looking...Don't you think JonasBug is sooooo cute?!?!?! :)


Thanks for looking! :)

WOWZERS!

So my blog counter passed 1,000 today! :) How exciting to think that my blog has been looked at 1,000 times! :) People probably only stayed for a second, but none the less it makes me want to blog more! :) I finished doing "Jonas" layouts for the pics that I've already printed, so I guess my house will stay somewhat cleaner w/out scrapping stuff on the dining room table until I get back over to Wolf Camera (on a Tues/Wed of course, I'm a bargain hunting kind of girl--get a thrill out of a great deal!) Six cents per picture is the only way I can afford my luxury of scrapping! :) I finished Mother's Day and Baby Dedication pages, think I'll go take pics now so that you can enjoy! Goodnight for now, hopefully be back soon with more pics to post...if not, until tomorrow!

xoxox!
Merdybug

Hmmmm...

So I am wondering how people figure out how to use HTML and design things like blog backgrounds, headers, and things. I am pretty computer savvy when it comes to word processing and I have had some really good copy and paste luck, but how in the world do you learn...where do they teach this? I wish I could get web design 101 class or something. Any suggestions on how to learn or where to look?

New Layouts. :)

:) Scrapbook Day

Well I was able to scrapbook some yesterday since Jo-Ma is here to help with my little man. Had to keep stopping since Jonas had a tummy ache, but got about 11 pages done before the day was done. Can't wait to get back to it this morning!! I am already 2 months behind, but at least I have finished Jonas' hospital pages. I'll try to post later today.

JONAS

Well, Jonas is here, and I thought I'd show some art I made for him. It is a treasure map for above his crib. It turned out darker than I wanted, but I am overall pleased with it, as his bedroom is kind of a pirate theme. Maybe it will fade a bit. ?

Slacker...

Well, it seems life has turned me into a creative slacker these days! All I've "created" lately is a growing bundle of joy (and and even bigger belly!). We found out that we are having a boy, so we're naming him Jonas Andrew. We can't wait to meet him. I did do a couple of scrapbook pages about the pregnancy, and still have several to do. I'll try to post those later. A group of ladies at work have been getting together about once a month to make cards, so I've gotten about 18 of my Christmas cards done. A few more of those left too. I figured I'd rather not do a photo card with "Big Mama" on the front, so....lol. Maybe next year. Mom and I will be going to a scrapbook retreat in January and hopefully I can catch up with everything before the little babe arrives. My plan is to "catch up" current pages, start and finish our wedding album, and do some premade Jonas pages for when I'm too busy being a new mama to do any scrapbooking, I can just paste the pictures! :) I guess that is all for now, I hope whoever you are reading this had a blessed Thanksgivng!

We're Expecting!

Right now, we think we are 6 weeks along and all is going great (besides morning sickness). We are praying for a healthy baby and safe pregnancy! :)

Another Card

Easy card made with cardstock, ribbon, and some "Me and My Big Ideas" Cutouts that were in a pack of 10 for $2.50. It doesn't get much simpler, but it turned out very nicely I think! :)

It's Ice to Be With Friends Card

These two cards were created with the same House Mouse stamp. I am in LOVE with House Mouse stamps right now! :) I used felt flowers, stickles, and the mineral spirits blending techniue with prisma color pencils to color the stamp. :) Thanks for looking and I hope you enjoy these two versions.

The inside of this one turned out to be a tad more detailed with the ricrac and corner stamps. : )
This one has added "Skittles and a heart shaped paper clip from Walmart's office section...