Did he come?

On Christmas Eve, we made sure to put cookies out for Santa and Leo decided to sleep on the couch and wait for him. The first thing out of his mouth Christmas morning was, "Mom! Santa didn't come!" He was very upset so I told him to check the container of cookies we left out. They were gone and Leo was very confused about that. He finally decided that Santa did come.
Sadly, I didn't have a cute little chipboard Santa and cookies, so I settled for a bear and cocoa. :)

More Lime Rickey layouts

Instead of making one post for each layout, I decided to group them all together based on the paper pack. How's that for lazy? :)
The boys go to Summer Camp and every week there is a new theme. This week here was Retro Week and on 70s day, they tye-died shirts. They had so much fun and the shirts turned out great.

Leo went to work with me and it was pretty slow so I have him some markers and paper and told him to write his name. This is what he did. I told him that he wrote it backwards and he just looked at me like I was a big moron and said....."Mom, it's in a window!" Where in the world does a 3 1/2 year old come up with this stuff? (note, it's taken me awhile to scrap this one, it's from March)

These pictures are 3 years old now. I wasn't inspired to scrap them, but saw sketch #18 at Inspired Blueprints and (he he he) inspiration hit! This is the only time Leo got to wear these shoes because Bailey chewed one up that night. Pretty expensive 3 steps if you ask me!

CRX CRAZ

Oops, you got 2 posts today. I forgot to schedule this one for tomorrow. I hope you enjoy my busy scrapping day! :)

Really, there's not much to say about this. My husband is seriously CRX crazy! I think his goal is to have one of every kind and year. This is a Creative Scrappers sketch (#63) and is a great one for using up your scrap papers. Everything is from the Basic Grey Lime Rickey collection

It's not a gift!!!!!

I got the Basic Grey Wassil collection the other day. Shyloh is having a 12 Day's of Christmas special on her blog and I ordered this on Monday. I got on Wed (talk about FAST, she's that kind of great gal!) and felt like making something for ME. I had grand(er) plans for it, but kind of like it simple. My lovely friend Jen RAK'd me a bunch of stamps (coincidently the 12 Day's of Christmas) and I was going to use those in the wreath also, but...... Anyway, I hope you enjoy and to check out Shyloh's specials click here.

yet another Christmas gift

Are you all sick of them yet??? Because I certainly am. Man it was a lot of work making all these gifts. Can I let you in on a little secret???? I bought something for my husband. I made him something too, but I actually bought him some books he's been wanting. I'm safe telling you guys because he doesn't look at my blog. AND I didn't tell you which books I bought!
Enough with all that gabber, onto the handmade gift. This is for my "other" best friend's daughter, Addison (see previous post). I actually had run out of the chipboard wall hangings so I had to come up with something else. I thought about it some and saw that I had, ahem, found some chipboard coasters and voila! Let's spell her name with those suckers. Yeah, I should have picked a kid with a shorter name. ha ha ha.
It was kind of hard to photograph close up because it's so long, so you're going to actually get some "detail" shots too. Please ignore the spot on my couch, it's Baby Magic Baby Wash, really it is. And don't tell Addison, but she got the scraps from the Basic Grey Sugared Collection that I used on Brooke's wall hanging.

Here's the closeup. See how the letters shimmer? Love that Glimmer Mist.

More, more, more

These two wall hanging are for one of my best friend's kids. I'm really into these things for kids. I think they're going to have a lot of fun putting pictures on them. I made sure that the chipboard embellishments aren't adhered to the photo mats, so the pictures can slide right on under there.

This is Brooke's. She's going to be 3 in Jan and it just about the cutest little 3 year old out there. (I have to preface with her age because tomorrow I'll be posting the Christmas gift for my other one of my best friend's daughter who's almost 18 months) Brooke's wall hanging is made pretty much all with Basic Grey's Sugared Collection. I think the photo mats are CTMH Amethyst Textured Cardstock. Oh and the sparkly stuff on both are Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist.
This one is for Bryce who just turned 5. He is one of my 3 year old son's best friends. It's kind of cool to have 2 generations of best friends. Bryce's is made with a cornacopia of items the only of which I really remember is the chipboard stars are from Rusty Pickle.

I love this layout!!!!!!

After blog-hopping one day on a fellow CTMH sister's blog (Yvonne's blog), I came across A Page 4 All Seasons. I immediately fell in love with Shyloh and her company. Shyloh and her team have predesigned (and precut) layouts that you can purchase, using the latest and greatest products from a variety of different companies.

I know, it's shocking that I'm not a CTMH "purist." ha ha ha. Anyhoo, I saw this layout and thought of my favorite wedding picture and how wonderful it would go in it, so I ordered it. AND, I wound up subscribing to one of her autoships. For the very reasonable price of $25 per month, I get not 1, not 2, but 3 two-page layouts shipped to me. No going to the store, no thinking about what to do. Basically, I get to be like all my club members and have the work done for me. And, you know what??? I LOVE IT!!!!!!!

I'm sure you all are asking why I'm advertising for someone else, but I think there's room for everyone. Shyloh's having a contest right now. Anyone who posts on their blog about her company is entered into a drawing. AND, people that get comments get 2 entries into the contest. I'd love to win some more of her great layouts so, comment away. (Maybe I'll post more if you do!)