Decorating the Christmas tree LO

Paper is me & my BIG ideas paper pad. I cut the ornaments out from a different sheet from me & my BIG ideas paper pad. I tied floss to the ornaments and "hung" them. The letters were cut with SCAL 2 on Core'dinations paper, run throught the Cuttlebug with a Swiss Dots embossing folder and lightly sanded.
This is Maddox's decorating page

Halloween LO

LO for Jeff & I. I used leaf nesties to cut the photos, and used the same nestie as stencils for the photo mats. I tried something new and added some stamps to the empty spaces. I added some embossing powder to each stamped image to make sure I wouldn't smudge the images.

Hanging Christmas lights

Here is LO for Rileigh's book. The Christmas lights are from me & my BIG ideas paper pad, I added some Angel Wingz Shimmerz over the lights to give the appearance of them being lit. Other than that, I cropped the photos and used a cornor rounder. The best part of this LO is Rileigh's smiling face in the pictures. She was so excited to help hang the lights - and she loved being able to climb the ladder. She was so fearless climbing to the top, she did not want her Dad or me helping out at all. When Jeff hung lights, Rileigh tried to steady the ladder for him - she is such an amazing helper!

Decortaing the Tree LO

I have actually been really busy crafting lately, but just not good about posting my projects. I have been catching up on LO's and am happy to say that I have both kids caught up to Christmas pages (and some of those are done). They will both be so excited to see new pages. This page is actually Lila's. The dp is from a paper stack (I don't remember which one) The stars are cut out of paper from Debbie Mumm Harvest & Holiday - added a cross stitch to the centers. Lila's pix was cut out with a scalloped oval nestie and matted on a larger one. The Christmas bulb is left over from a LO I did for Rileigh (cut out from me & my BIG ideas paper pad). The ornament was cut with the Cricut (Christmas Cheer), and the letters were cut with SCAL.

Free SNB Digi

Check out: http://stretchnbubbles.blogspot.com/2010/03/free-digital-stamp-wed-at-snb_24.html for a free digi. Rainbowbird - very cute

Just checking in

Nothing exciting to share today - I did redo the background (I have to keep up with the season). I hope to be able to craft some this weekend. I have colored a few images for cards, but nothing finished yet.

Another Rileigh Card

Another card by Rileigh... She used Nina's "Lucky Bear" digi from TMITA. She made a birthday card for her friend Bella. We also altered a glass block for her friend (but silly me, I did not take pictures of that) Maddox watched Rileigh & I color, and he asked how I colored so neatly, I explained that by no means is it perfect, but that I try to go very slowly and that helps. Well then Rileigh lamented that her bear looked awful because she had colored outside the lines. I showed her how a white gel pen can clean up some of that. We left some though so he would look fuzzy, like a real bear. She loved sewing on the buttons, the flowers were a little tricky, but she did it. Next time the kids come we will make them glass blocks, because now Rileigh wants one - and I am sure Maddox will too, as soon as he sees hers.