Guest Blogger

Hi it's Ainsley and I am here today to show you some of the projects I have been making.

Last weekend we went to see my friend Sarah at her scrapbook store, Our Paper Place.  I took a kid's class from Jeanne.  It was super fun and I got to play with Cosmo Cricket paper.  Jeanne told us that they are going to try and do a monthly class, so if you are a kid and live in the Bay Area, you may want to check out Sarah's store.  Besides, she is super nice and she has super cute stuff that my mom always lets me buy.

Jeanne had everything we needed to make the project.  But I brought some inks and some pop dots to make mine special.

I put stickles on the fairies wings and on the butterfly.  I used some glossy accents to make the heart super shiny. I added the pop dots to the mushroom to make it stick up more.  I added a few pearls and rhinestones to make things sparkle.  

The ribbon was super cute and matched the box perfectly.  I used stickles in the center of the little flowers on the bottom of the box.

This is a mini album I made that fits inside the box.  On the fairy I used more stickles.  Her wings, her hat, her skirt...all sparkle.  Sarah was super sweet and wrote the title on my mini album.  It says To Fairy Land.  She has pretty writing.

I also made this page of my cousin, Lili.  My mom had been playing with buttons and so I wanted to play to.

It took me a long time to glue everything and to find the letters.  I made the flower with my mom's sizzix.

Well, that's all.

Love,

Ainsley

Lili...

Are ya'll getting tired of looking at photos of my adorable niece?  She is such a cutie, and it is nice to have pictures of a baby to scrap again.

These are both based on sketches from Sassy Lil' Sketches.  Sketches just make everything so much easier, don't you think?  Well, anyway.  Recently Lili and my sister came over to spend the afternoon.  We had a great time playing.  She rode the rocky pony...I knew I was holding on to it for a reason....

Cosmo Cricket Earth Love, Prima flowers and lace, AC Thickers

For dinner, I made homemade pizza.  Everyone got to design their own favorite combination.  Lili wasn't familiar with this concept (she will be 2 in a week...eeek...where did the time go).  As you can tell by the sauce all over her face, she loved it!  And, she loved climbing all over the table to try and get more.  hee hee

Fancy Pants patterned papers, Doodlebug alphabet, AC felt, Prima flowers, Miscellaneous buttons

Well, quite a bit going on today, so I am out of here.  Be sure and come back tomorrow as I will have a guest blogger!  Yep.....someone else in my house would like to share her projects!  Can you guess who?

Oh, and that reminds me....guess who wants to share her projects and tomorrow I will pick 2 winners, one from today's comments and one from last weeks "what should I do with this mini".

See you then.

Hugs.

Nancy

Your Memories Here....

I hope everyone is having a great week.  It is definitely spring here, and the weather, while still being occasionally rainy and overcast is getting warmer.  Spring makes me think of all the usual things; flowers, baby animals...and of course spring cleaning.  I am trying to get cleaned up and organized.

On my work table I always have bunches of photos that I have printed waiting to be scrapped.  So, when I found a huge clothes pin, I thought it would be perfect for holding my photos in progress.

I covered the clothes pin with some distressed scraps of Prima paper,  few Prima flowers and some scraps of Prima lace from the Your Memories Here store..  I don't know about you, but I hate throwing away those little scraps and small altered projects like this are the perfect solution.

Now, while my photos wait for me to find the time to play, they can be artfully displayed on my work table.

Thanks for stopping by.

Nancy

Prima....

I don't think it will come as a surprise to any of you to say I have a love of Prima products.  I love flowers and lace and bling, OH MY!  lol

Here are a few projects I recently completed using some of the gorgeous products from my stash.

Up first, my adorable niece, Lili.  She came over a few weeks ago to spend the afternoon.   My sister and I had a great time hanging out, and the girls all had so much fun playing.  Lili is growing so fast.  I can't believe we are already planning her birthday party.  Yep, I am helping my sister plan her daughters party.  I am even going to host!  lol

Prima Marketing patterned papers, flowers, birds, lace, bling.  Maya Road Butterflies, Ranger Industries Stickles, Jenni Bowlin stick pins.

Anyway...I used a sketch from Pagemaps for this...and lots of yummy Prima, the papers are from the Annalee collection.  I think the only not Prima items are the butterflies and stick pins.  I used a bit of Glimmer Mist on the flowers and birds to make them coordinate better with my papers.  I have found that my style lately tends to be more simple...but every once in a while.  hee hee

And another one.  This time my family dining at a local fondue restaurant.  The children love fondue, but...well...let's just say going out for fondue isn't cheap.  lol  Anyway....We went out and of course I took a few photos.  I used some older papers, this time from the Pastiche line.  The floral ribbon is actually Webster's Pages, but everything else here is Prima.

Prima Marketing patterned papers, florals, lace, alphabet; Webster's Pages ribbon rose

I used the BAP from Prima for this layout.  I love sketches.

Well, it is a full and busy day here.  Need to go start dinner.

Hope you are having a great day.

Hugs.

Nancy

So Much Going on Today

Hi everyone!  I am back!!!  And I just had to share a few more things that are going on today.

The first one is that it is reveal day over in Sassy Land!  Yep, there is a new layout sketch and a fabulous card sketch.  Be sure and check them out for your chance at some great prizes!

Also, over in Catch the Moments news.....So many new, gorgeous things are coming in from Winter CHA!  Not only the new Crate Paper, but today gorgeous new kits with Basic Grey!

Hello Luscious

Life of the Party

You don't want to miss out on these great products at great prices!

Well, be back tomorrow with a few projects.

Hugs.

Nancy

Menu Monday

Not a lot of time today, trying to get a few things done before heading out for the afternoon activities...but couldn't forget to come by and share.

Monday we had Cheese Enchiladas

Tuesday, Ainsley's favorite....tacos

Wednesday - Cobb Salad

Thursday - Rigatoni

Friday - Paninis (grilled sandwiches)

Oh, since none of these items really require a recipe.  How about I share a link to something we made last week for breakfast?  Homemade pop-tarts.  Ainsley loves toaster pastries.  Not the boxed ones, but the frozen.  Well, I thought it would be fun to make them from scratch.    We didn't add the frosting because they would have been super sweet.  

http://www.finecooking.com/recipes/homemade-pop-tarts.aspx

So, delicious.  Light, flaky..oh so good.  Well, everyone but Ainsley thought so.  Seems she likes hers soggy, not flaky and crisp.  sigh  But if you are looking for a special breakfast treat, I would highly recommend these.

Hugs.

Nancy

Won't You Be Mine?

I recently received the beautiful Be Mine kit from Catch the Moments Kits, and let me just say I am in love with these Sassafras Papers.  I know that they were originally a Valentine line, but the colors were just so fun and festive I couldn't resist using them for these photos of 2 of my favorite girls, my niece Lili and Mackenzie...sorry Ainsley, not today.  hee hee  

I mixed and matched the fun edge strips from the different papers to add interest to the page.  The first adding a border and the second became my rosette.  I added some buttons from the "Love" kit, one of the stickers from the Be Mine add on, and a few older felt embellishments I had in my stash.  I tied it all together with a bit of machine stitching.

I loved the patterns in these papers and was just heartbroken to cover the beautiful designs.  So, I cut the centers out of my papers to save for later.  This is a great way to stretch your paper dollar.  I again used some buttons from the "Love" collection and this time some "Merry" Thickers.

And finally, because I loved the pink floral paper so much I made this little card with a bit of the scraps and a handmade flower. 

I hope you can find some inspiration today.

Hugs.

Nancy