Sheepishly returning to blogging

It has been way too long since I blogged.  I have no real good excuse other than I haven't been scrapping because I have been busy caring for my son.  Who knew infants were such hard work? ;)  It has been wonderful and difficult and more incredible than I could ever imagine.  Just to show off quickly here is a photo of him. 

Isn't he just amazing?  That is his two month photo.  To show how much he has grown here is a photo of him just a few days after birth.

 

Alright.  Now on to scrapping.  This is the first page I have been able to scrap since Kirk was born.  I am really pleased with it.  It is one of my maternity photos.  

 

I hope to start scrapping and posting again more regularly.  I sure have missed it.  

 

Another Sketch Challenge

I had such good luck with doing a sketch for my last page that I decided to go ahead and give it another try and headed over to Sketchy Thursday to check out their current sketch.  I was once again not disappointed and got some much needed inspiration.  I also saw that this layout is eligible for the current challenge at Frosted Designs to use Glitter on the project.  I used Stickles on the Tattered Angels Mistables under the title.  I am pretty happy with the result.  I once again used Pink Paisley papers, Tim Holtz Distress inks, Glimmer Mist (with a glimmer screen) and some Thickers for the title.  

 

This layout is of this past March when we celebrated Purim.  We made Hamantaschen cookies and generally enjoyed ourselves.  

I actually scrapbooked!

For the first time in months I actually sat down this week and I scrapbooked!  It was amazing.  I have done quite a bit of paper crafting, but I hadn't made a scrapbook layout since probably September or October.  I just didn't feel the motivation or inspiration to do it.  I started to get some inkling of motivation so I decided for inspiration I would check out some sketches and hope to get going from there.  I went to Frosted Designs and found their current sketch challenge to be just the inspiration I was looking for.  I used mainly Pink Paisley products on this with a big helping of Tim Holtz Distress Ink and some Glimmer Mist.  I don't think I ever make a project without using at least a little bit of distress ink.  

 

This layout is about my husband's 32nd Birthday this year.  I cooked him a surprise meal of a bunch of his favorites and for the celebration with my family I baked him a root beer bundt cake that I thought he would really like.  All in all it was a great birthday for him.  

Thank you

Lately I have been really busy.  What have I been busy with?  Thank you cards!  I tell you what...Having a baby sure does require a lot of Thank you cards to be made and written.  I must say I am truly amazed at the amount of gifts we have received for our little guy.  I feel so amazingly grateful for all our friends and family who have been more than generous.  Unfortunately I have not been able to make a thank you card for every single person who got us something, but I have at least sent one to everyone.  I saved the homemade ones for shower hostesses and special gifts. 

I just wanted to stop by quickly to show off a few recent ones that I made.  This first one is actually using the card sketch at Frosted Designs.

 

The rest were also using card sketches I just can't remember where I got them all.  I need to pay better attention to that!

 

13th Birthday card

It is pretty amazing how time just seems to fly the older you get.  When you are really young a week seems like it lasts forever and a year is pretty much an eternity.  As you get older though that time begins to start speeding up until you feel like it is flying by like the county-side on a high speed train.  It is here and gone in a flash and no matter what you do to try and slow it down and savor it, it just keeps rushing past you.  You may ask "Why this reflection on time?"  Well, it seems that I blinked and something pretty incredible happened.  My nephew grew up.  This Wednesday he turns into a teenager and I honestly can't believe how quickly it has gone by. 

I was only 17 when he was born and he was just the sweetest, cutest littlest guy I had ever laid eyes on.  He was a darling little baby that I got to spend so much time with and really loved more than I could ever imagine.  Over the years he has grown up into a handsome young man with all the attitude of a budding teenager, but still with a very caring side.  It makes me proud to see the person he is growing into and I just know that he will turn into a great man one of these days.  It is amazing and wonderful yet also sad because that sweet little boy is gone forever.  The time just flew away.  It makes me realize that my time with the little guy I am currently carrying and will soon bring into this world will be just as fleeting.  In the blink of an eye he will grow up and become a young man.  I need to cherish every moment as much as I can because he won't stay the same for long. 

Every year when my nephew's birthday rolls around I make sure the spend an extra amount of time on his card.  He likes the cards I make and always has a "This is so cool." for me when I give them to him.  I even found out that he still has the card from last year that I made him still hanging up in his room.  That sure was an ego boost for me so this year I made sure to have something just as awesome for him.  I used the Graphic 45 Steampunk Debutant line for his card this year.  I thought it was edgy and cool and masculine enough for a 13 year old young man.

Happy Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is one of my absolute favorite holidays.  To start with you have a day dedicated to eating a lot of rich and delicious food.  It is like your day to have a free pass and just eat a little of everything that sounds delicious.  Next, you have a day that, at least for me, is dedicated to spending time with family and appreciating what you have.  It is always such a nice time to reflect on what I have and what I am thankful for.  There is always love, laughter and warmth.  I can't wait to spend this holiday with my son in future years and teach him about the true meaning of holidays, family.    

So I know I am a little early, but I wanted to share this Thanksgiving card that I made for Crafting Jewish Style.  I used their fabulous Rosh Hashanah line to create the card along with some spare ribbon scraps I had in my stash.  The Rosh Hashanah line is so beautiful and the colors are just so rich.  They are perfect for fall layouts, cards and other projects.   

  

I hope you all have a safe, happy and delicious Thanksgiving this year.

Nursery Decoration

I must admit I haven't done a whole lot of scrapping lately.  Life has been pretty hectic and I have had other things on my mind.  I also (apparently) haven't had blogging on my mind much either since I have been SO horrible about keeping this bad boy updated.  Well I wanted to share some of the nursery decorations I made for our little one's room.  Long before we found out that we were having a boy we decided that we were going to do an outer space/rocket ship theme in the nursery.  I was so excited about it and when I first saw October Afternoon's Rocket Age line I knew that is what I was going to use for my altered canvases.  Also I thought that their mini album kit was perfect for a name banner that later can be used as a mini album when the little guy outgrows his nursery and wants something different. 

 

An 8x10 altered canvas

 

12x12 altered canvas

 

8x10 altered canvas

 

Name banner