Husband's Birthday Card

Matt's birthday is this weekend and I decided to make him a card. I always try to make him a card for those special occasions. I got the card sketch from Mojo Monday. Hop on over to their blog and join in on the fun! I got the golf clubs and the grass underneath it from my new Wrap It Up Cricut cart. The golf clubs have Glossy Accents on them that for that extra special pop. The swirls in the background are D'Vine Swirls Cuttlebug embossing folder. Thanks for looking!

25 1/2 Weeks and Counting...

So I just checked my account at thebump.com and tomorrow I will have 100 days left! I can't believe it! This pregnancy seems to have gone by pretty fast so far. Now I'm starting to get really anxious, I can't wait for the baby to get here! I'm so curious to see what he looks like and how he will act like me or Matt. This picture is me at 25 1/2 weeks. Thanks Leah for the cute top, she gave it to me for my birthday. I love it, it's SO comfortable! I've been feeling great lately, my energy is up and I feel like I want to do things again. I'm starting to get hungrier too. If I could only get this back pain to go away everything would be perfect, haha.

Caramel Walnut Upside Down Banana Cake!

Let me first just say "Wow!" I got this recipe from smittenkitchen. They have a bunch of fancy recipes over there and when I saw this one I just had to try it. I had heard of this food blog from a friend at work but I actually started looking at it closer after I stumbled upon it again when doing a google search for the "best birthday cake" to try to figure out what to make Matt for his birthday this year. This cake is so ridiculously moist and scrum-didly-umptious!

Since this cake is incredibly sweet, you have to have a very small piece or you will go into a diabetic coma, lol.

21st Birthday Card for Leah

My oldest step-daughter, Leah, turns 21 next week so I decided to make her a special birthday card for the occasion. The card sketch is from the RAQ's card challenge that ended on 3/1/11. I got the idea for the cut from another lady on the board, I just thought it was so cute and such a great idea that I had to copy it. The martini glass is from the From My Kitchen cart and is cut at 4". I used the X-Mas Red Stickles for the olive pit and Silver Stickles for the starburst on the glass. I cut out a piece of teal vellum paper and put it over the other paper to make it look like a frosted glass but it's hard to see in the picture. The tag is embossed with the Distressed Stripes Cuttlebug embossing folder and is cut on the Shorty funtion at 3 1/2". The word Celebrate is cut at 2". Both the tag and the word Celebrate are from the Stamped cart. Thanks for stopping by! <3

I'm Hosting This Weeks' LID Challenge on the Cricut.com Messageboard!

I am so excited, I'm hosting this weeks' LID challenge over at the cricut.com messageboard. Above are the layouts that I submitted for the challenge, I can't wait to see what the creative girls on the site come up with. I am actually going to make an effort to get a page done before the week is up too, I guess I should since I am hosting right? Haha. Thanks for stopping by! <3

Pregnancy Layout for February LID Challenge

Here is the layout that I did for one of the February LID challenges on the Cricut messageboard. The picture isn't the greatest, sorry. The top part says "Made With Love." I am trying to stay on top of my layouts for the baby so that maybe I will have one scrapbook that is not behind, haha. In the passage I wrote like I was talking to the baby. I wrote how I felt when I found out and what foods I was craving at the time. I think it will be nice for him (or her, as Matt thinks) to be able to read it when he (or she) is older and see what was going on when I was pregnant with him (or her). Thanks for looking!

Mom's Birthday Present and Card

For my mom's birthday I decided to make her something this year. I took an empty pickle jar and cleaned it out and then glued some patterned paper where the label would normally be. Then I glued these colorful flowers over it and I used my i-Rock to make a jeweled center. Then I filled it with Jelly Belly jellybeans. Yum!

I did the same thing for the lid. I put a piece of adhesive ribbon around the edge of the lid to cover up the green pickle decoration already on the lid.

Here is the birthday card that I made for my mom. I used another RAQ's card sketch for the template. I used the Cuttlebug Happy Birthday embossing folder. The candles are made using a candle slim edger punch. I used my Platinum Stickles on the flame part of the candles to make it look like "real" lit candles. The heart is a Julie Bowen heart felt cut-out.