Tuesday, June 30, 2009
CAS Challenge Baby Card
There She Goes - Guest Designer Farewell

I want to thank Jessica and her DT for a fun month as Guest Designer at There She Goes. I had a great time!
I have one last project to share. I've been wanting to try making my own sugar scrub for a while, now. I use a lot of it, and it can be expensive. I thought these would make pretty, easy gifts, too!
If you Google Sugar Scrub Recipes, you can find more info, but it's really simple:
- Fill your jar up with sugar (or salt), however coarse or fine you'd like it. I used organic sugar that is a little bit coarse, hence the brown color. Sugar is a little more gentle than salt.
- Add a few drops of fragrance or essential oils. In the evening, I like to use lavender to relax, in the morning I like mint or eucalyptus to wake me up.
- Add oil until the mix is slushy. You can buy almond oil, peanut oil, or just reg. olive oil. Avoid baby oil.
- You can tint with food coloring if desired. I don't bother.
Just scoop a handful and scrub in the shower. It works wonders on dry elbows, knees, and feet!
To make the card and tag, I used Act of Kindness and Rejuvenate stamp sets. I used wasabi, kraft, sky, chocolate, and natural white.Thanks for stopping by!
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Onesie Tutorial!




3. Stamp or iron on writing if desired.
About the T-shirt Transfers....
You just print pictures, text, whatever on your printer and iron it on to your fabric. When doing text, you need to print backwards. The T-shirt Transfers came with a free disk that is supposed to help you reverse your text. That disk made my computer poop itself, but no matter, because it's really easy to print your font backwards without it. Here's how:
On your regular print dialogue box, hit Properties in the upper right corner, select the Finishing tab, then in the lower right corner, click Mirror Image.
You may notice the bottle of Stickles in the first pic. Here's where my project took a turn towards fiasco. I wanted to try adding sparkle to the images, so I researched and found that Stickles are safe for fabric. Safe, yes, permanent, NO. I put Stickles over the images and it was adorable, but I ran them under water and it quickly rinsed away. Hrrrmm, not impressed. Art Institute makes clear glitter glue for fabric, I think that paired with translucent glitter will give the same pretty results and will be washable. I've ordered some to try out, lets just pretend that I used that here, ok? ;)
Monday, June 15, 2009
My Cute Stamps Monday

It's still Monday, right? Whew! I'm behind on life. I thought I could get the onsie tutorial together by today, but it's going to be next week. I won't bore you with my many excuses. :)
I made this with the Celebrate Today set. That flower is fun to color! It reminds me of Kauaii.....aaaaahhh, Kauaii....
We went for two weeks back when Elsa was turning one. We decided that we're never going to take a baby on vacation again! We'll try it again when Tuffy is about three. Until then, it's weekend getaways only. Not that it was horrible, but it's a very expensive trip, and you can't fully enjoy it when you're on baby lockdown.
Enjoy your week!
Act of Kindness - Thank You

I made this card using Act of Kindness by There She Goes. It's such a pretty set!
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Misc. tidbits
I just got back from Ikea, I looooves me some Ikea! I should have taken my camera, because there was SO much color and pattern inspiration there today. It's also a GREAT place to take kids, they've really thought about how to make it convenient for parents, and that's much appreciated.
Which brings me to a little story....
They have a supervised play area that you can put your kid in for up to an hour. Elsa always loves to play in there. When I went to pick her up, the supervisor said they had a "situation". Elsa and a little cohort had managed to break into a childproof cupboard and eat some brownies she had baked for her coworkers. She's a brownie bandit! I felt bad, but I couldn't help laughing!
BUTTON SHARE UPDATE: White/Cream buttons are still out of stock. Here's what I've decided to do. I'm placing the button order on the 15th, and ordering whatever they have in stock, including any new colors that may be introduced this month. I'll adjust the cost of the share accordingly and send paypal invoices on the 16th. If you are signed up and change your mind about participating, please let me know, I have people who would like in.
ONSIE TUTORIAL: I had several requests for more info and/or a tutorial for the onsie project I posted this week. I'll put one together, look for it on Monday. If you had any specific questions that you'd like covered in it, e-mail me.
Later! :)
Monday, June 8, 2009
My Cute Stamps Monday
Happy Monday! I have two baby projects for you featuring My Cute Stamps today.
I rarely do anything other than cards, but I'm in love with this monster, so I made a onesie for my son! I stamped him with black Brilliance ink, then colored with Copics.
To make the sentiment, I used Avery Ink Jet T-Shirt Transfer paper and a font by SU!
This was so quick and fun, I could make these all day!
Since I'm keeping this for myself, I didn't want to do some extravagant packaging. I did pop it in a clear gusset bag and add a bow to see how it would look as a quick gift.
The next project is a baby girl card. I've had this elephant stamped and cut out for weeks now, waiting for further inspiration. When I saw the CAS challenge this morning to use Coral and Kraft, I knew she'd be perfect!
Thanks for stopping by, I'll be back in a couple of days with more projects. :)
Friday, June 5, 2009
A Muse Challenge
I try to participate in the monthly challenges over at the A Muse Lounge. The themes are always fun, and you have a whole month to complete them.
This month, the challenge was to create a card inspired by a book. This was a tough one, because I wanted to use a book that I actually own, rather than making a card and trying to find a book to fit, kwim?
Here is the first one....inspired by the book Daughter of Fortune. Now, I do own the book, but I haven't read it yet! I just went literal with the title.

Next, I chose 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. I don't own this one yet, but it's on my to-read-someday list! I'll probably read it with the kids when they're older.
I think this image and sentiment is about the cutest thing ever. :) I put teeny-tiny bubble stickers over the port holes and masked some scallop waves.
Thanks for looking! Enjoy your day!
Monday, June 1, 2009
Sneak Peek at the New Stampin' Up! In Colors
My Cute Stamps Monday
Saturday, May 30, 2009
There She Goes Blog Hop
I'm excited to announce that I'm the June Guest Trendsetter for There She Goes!
Their design team has some of my favorite stampers on it, including Becky Carafa! You know I'm the president of her fan club, right? :)
I'll be bringing you a few projects this month featuring two new sets. Here's the first:
I love the twisty-twirly vines and pretty sentiments in this set, Act of Kindness. I used wasabi, turquoise, and not quite navy. I finished it off with new leaf ribbon by PTI, and dew drops.
The next project is from the set Rejuvinate. Here's what I did with just the accessories in this set. I'm going to pair this card with a bottle of bubble bath for an easy gift. This is also for the TSG color challenge, black & white plus one color.
That's it for me! Hop over to Maki's blog, or take it from the top here. Enjoy your weekend!
>>>Next Blog - Maki
Jessica - http://jessica-thereshegoes.blogspot.com/
Becky - http://www.lakeshorestamper.com/
Christi - http://cici510.blogspot.com/
Faith - http://stampinwithmarkiesmom.blogspot.com/
Holly - http://toyzhaven.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/
Jessie- http://canyousayaddictedtostamps.blogspot.com/
Joanne - http://inkyoceangazer.blogspot.com/
Jodi - http://stampingalatte.blogspot.com/
Julie - http://stampsandtaxes.blogspot.com/
Krystie - You are here :)
Maki - http://makinkstudio.blogspot.com/
Silke - http://silkeledlow.blogspot.com/
Friday, May 29, 2009
Happy Friday!
I've taken this past week off from blogging. I've had a nasty cold, Jesse had a weird schedule, I just needed to chill and recupe. I'll be back tomorrow with a little something fun, and back on Monday with a new My Cute Stamps project.
For my button share peeps, I have exciting news....I received the shipment of buttons for Groups 1 and 2 today! I'll package them this weekend and mail them out to you on Monday! You'll receive ship confirmation and tracking info to the e-mail address linked to your paypal account.
Groups 3-5, we're still waiting on back-ordered buttons (white/cream).
Here's the big, beautiful, box 'o buttons. :D 
Saturday, May 23, 2009
This cracks me up....

I love this picture, it perfectly sums up their relationship at this point. Elsa looooooves her brother, a little too much, in his opinion.
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Great Friend Tag Card
Sunday, May 17, 2009
My Cute Stamps Monday!
Happy Monday! I have two cards for you today, both used the set Night Owl by My Cute Stamps.
I love this little guy, the set has a little girl version, too. This tree trunk is very long, but I shortened it for this card.
This is just a simple little notecard. I used twinkle stickers on the flower centers.


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