The Sampler: A Lovely Day

I know I have scrapped this series of photos of the boy and his bff but i just love them entirely too much to miss a single shot. A few pieces from the September kit from The Sampler and another layout to squeeze into my album!

hope everyone is having a great friday! I have a busy weekend/week ahead of me. my wonderful sister in law is finally taking the plunge and getting married. SO, this weekend we have a bridal shower to host and the wedding is next weekend! On top of that, my mom is coming in for the wedding which i'm super stoked about but there is just a lot to do! BUT, at the end of the day we will have many memories and a good deal of photos to share and create with!

happy weekending!
sunshine&bunnies,
holly*

Thankful Silhouettes

Last week, i used the Tim Holtz Thankful Silhouettes set for our DEstress Friday m&t at Memories Live On. I love his new silhouettes sets. They make perfect sense when it comes to layering his stamps and having a strong image to really stand out.

The make & take i did can be found on the Memories Live On Facebook Page but I just couldn't stop myself there. I quickly made two cards using a similar layout but a few different materials.

On a piece of woodgrain patterned paper (previous kit from The Sampler), I stamped the word background from Thankful Silhouettes with the Butterscotch Acrylic Paint Dabber. While that dried, I used a couple Distress Stains to stamp a couple of the leaves on kraft tags and cut them out. To pull the whole card together, wrap a piece of thick twine around the lower portion of the card, knot it, and settle the two leaves underneath.

This card was a little more adventurous and liberal in the use of ink. I started with a piece of white cardstock and stamped the word background from Thankful Silhouettes with the Butterscotch Acrylic Paint Dabber. Once the paint has dried, using a craft mat, I blended ink from Distress Stains to get the background colors. While that dried, I used a couple Distress Stains to stamp a couple of the leaves on kraft tags and cut them out. To pull the whole card together, I used a bit of brown twill ribbon and a couple pins (both from previous kits from The Sampler) to off set the card a bit and settled the leaves under the ribbon.

there you go. the same stamp. two totally different cards. love them both!

sunshine&bunnies,
holly*

If I've asked myself this question one time, I've asked it hundreds. And, I'm pretty sure, I will ask it countless more times. When did he get so big? There was no point in time that i hit the "big" button... I still call him a baby but heavens knows that is nothing near what he is...

While I may not have the easiest time with him growing up, I did have the easiest time making this layout. I used bits from

9.06.2011

The Sampler "SOAR" Mini Album 9/30/2011

Come to class armed with your September’s kit from The Sampler and ink, staple and stitch your way to a wonderful mini album to hold your most precious memories for yourself or a friend!

For more details on this class, head over to Memories Live On class calendar!

Come Fly with Me.... and a winner!

1st and foremost, our winner from my Sick Day Giveaway is Mandy! I am feeling much, much better and I feel like we have had an appropriate quarantine to ensure the safety of our lucky winner! Mandy, please email me your information asap!

In other news, its reveal day over at The Sampler! Here is september's kit, "Come Fly with Me"




I am loving this kit and the extra goodies it has! Go ahead, check it out!

sunshine&bunnies,
holly*

DEstress Friday Tutorial Up @ The Crop Spot!

Hey all! If you've known me for any stretch of time, you know I put together a (mostly) weekly make & take at Memories Live On which we've dubbed "DEstress Fridays" where we execute a project featuring all things distress. Starting this week we're going to transfer many of these projects to an online tutorial as well over at The Crop Spot and today is my 1st post!

Be sure to check it out and leave me some feed back if there are any distressing questions you have or tutorials you would like to see!

sunshine&bunnies,
holly*

week mission accomplished? maybe next week...

not for the boy, but me. seem i have caught some sort of stomach bug and i'm loosing my grip on this week, which i dubbed "week mission accomplished". I had such big plans of things to to while the little man was at school and i had a solid 3 hours of doing crap he typically doesn't make easy for me. husband drove the 45minutes into work today... then, 20min later, the 45minutes home again so he could take the boy to school. i do not feel very reliable today..

well, i am still doing my best to be productive. just being very still and trying to eat a steady diet of saltines & Gatorade while doing so. i have managed to go through photos again and found a few gems i missed on my 1st run through for printing. there was also another photo order placed to costco. cell phone photos. i love printing those! i am also watching an episode of Martha Stewart, "The Istanbul Show". beautiful place. ugh. lots of food. not into that right now.

in time i hope to get working on some bridal shower decoration ideas i have and tutorials to match. some of it is just folding and stamping so i'm hoping at the very least i can manage that. i also have a tutorial to finish which i'll be doing weekly over at The Crop Spot.

In the spirit of being productive even when not feeling top notch (AND in honor of yall reading my pathetic whining), i have a giveaway (sponsored by The Sampler of course).



There is a basket full of goodies sitting with in cell phone photo distance from me right now and, when i recover, i will pick a winner at random to receive a few yummies from my goodie basket.. just leave a comment and keep your fingers crossed for me to have a speedy recovery.

sunshine&bunnies,
holly*

things are changing...

This morning husband and i dropped off the boy at his very first day of kindergarten. ugh.

while waiting, i took a billion photos and tried to absorb every detail i could. including the trees. the boy's school is located on a little hill, surrounded by beautiful trees. and they're changing. its going to be amazing in the fall, but i thought this little change on these little leaves meant a lot. at least today.

in other news...

i crafted a suck up card (to go with the suck up gift... i mean... erm... suck up...) for the boy's teacher. my gut instinct is good about the teacher. hoping to talk to him once the boy's 1st day is over.

and i also took a ton of photos of the boy around the school. he kinda humored me... i mostly got silly smiles and some avoidance.

oh that boy...

anywho, working on the upcoming kits for The Sampler, the blog and tons of projects. Its nice to not be in the store so much so i can really focus on The Sampler. I know the efforts will show and, with any luck, appreciated.

Hope all the kiddos out there had good days at school whether its the 1st, 2nd, or ??? I'm going to get back to some crafting in the time i have before we pick up or big little man.

sunshine&bunnies,
holly*