Bad Mommy

First off, let me confess...I have been a bad Mommy!  Ainsley came with me the other day to meet a friend for coffee at the mall.  We hung out for a while, did a bit of shopping (where Ainsley shared her best fashion advice) and of course Ainsley rambled on quite a bit about how much she loves scrapbooking.  And here is where the bad Mommy comes in.....I said I would post her latest creation to share...and I haven't.  So, without further ado....

So wishing I had picked up some of that paper and those cute embellies.  sigh...She won't even share her scraps.  hee hee

On a more postitive mommy note....

I have fallen in love with this website. Math Worksheets  Ainsley has been struggling with recognizing that she actually does know her math facts and doesn't need to count her fingers and toes...or sing little songs.  These are quick and easy and are helping give her the confidence she needs to continue on with her math.

I can't believe the school year is almost at an end.  The children are all so ready to be done, and I have to admit...I am as well.

Hugs.

Nancy

Happy Day After Mother's Day

This last weekend was very busy.  I attempted to get all my chores and errands run on Saturday so as to have Sunday available for rest and relaxation.  And it worked...mostly!  I did get up early to head to the market.  And I did get the chance to play with paper and organize my scrappy trims.  But mostly, I got some time to hang out with the children and enjoy the day.

Ainsley was so sweet, she made me some cinnamon bread toast when I got home from shopping.  And Brighton made lunch.  Phil of course handled dinner.  Steamed clams, lobster, and creme brulee for dessert.  yum!  And the children convinced him I needed an iPad!  I think he wanted it too...so Mother's Day was just an excuse to get it in the house.  Yeah, I am onto you honey! (he is reading this over my shoulder and is laughing...cause he knows it is true)

Anyway...here is one of the things I made this weekend.  A layout for The Color Room palette 5.  If you haven't checked out the challenge site yet, you really should.  Some crazy talent, great sketches, and beautiful colors to be found.

That's Amanda and me at CHA with some of the scrap celebrities.  Super fun but exhausting week.

Hugs.

Nancy

Slackin'

Yeah, I know...I still have a bunch of layouts from National Scrapbook Day to share, plus I have the layouts I did yesterday on Mother's Day...but some have to wait until blog reveals...sorry.  Anyway...while you wait...did you see this month's Prima Picks?  I am not usually a purple girl, but I find myself drawn to it lately.

Check these out!

Love, love, love!!!


OK, back to work here.  Have a great day!

Hugs.

Nancy

so much to do, so little time

Tomorrow is Mother's Day.  In celebration of that....I will be doing the same thing I always do on Sunday. LOL  Get up early, hit the farmer's market, Whole Foods and then, hopefully settle in for some paper play.  In order to do that....today...when the mojo is on the rise...I have to do housework.  uggggghhhh

Having driven the children over 300 miles in the last 2 days, housework has been falling behind.  You know the children aren't going to do it.

Anyway...while you wait for some new projects to get loaded here are a few I have already completed.

Hope you have a great day!

Hugs.

Nancy

Cracks and Shine - Scrapbook Pal DT Entry

I posted this a bit ago over on Flamingo Scraps and never got around to sharing it here with you.

I have had a number of people ask me what the difference is between the Crackle Glossy Accents, the Rock Candy Distress Crackle Paint, and the Rock Candy Distress Stickles.

First off, let me say that the Distress Stickles, are that....Stickles.  They are a type of glitter glue.  Distress Stickles are different from the regular Stickles in that they are made to cover larger areas, not to do fine work.

I hope these photos can help you determine the differences.

I started with three flowers cut from patterned paper.

I covered each with a different medium.  I do not like to use the tip of my applicator to spread the glues as I find it clogs the tip. For the Stickles, I use my finger, for the Crackle Glossy Accents, I used a brush.

I let each dry.  The Distress Crackle Paint dries the fastest.  Followed by the Crackle Glossy Accents, and finally the Stickles.

In the end, you can see that they all have a nice shine.


The Stickles has much more glitter than the other two.

The Crackle Glossy Accents have larger cracks, and while being quite shiny doesn't have the glitter of the Stickle.

And finally, the Distress Crackle Paint

It has small cracks, and not quite as much sparkle as the Stickles.

They all work great on your projects and each can be used for different things.  When the Crackle Glossy Accents dry, they become fairly stiff, while the Distress Crackle paint reminds fairly pliable.  So that, or the size of the crack may help you make the determination as to which of those products to use.  I usually only use the Stickles on smaller pieces as you could quickly go through an entire bottle if you coated large areas.

And finally, these aren't the flowers I showed above, but I did cover the large raised flowers with the Rock Candy Distress Crackle Paints on this Prima Pastiche layout of my daughter.  I stamped the background with acrylic stamps using glimmer mist as the medium.  I also used glimmer mist to paint the journal block.

Hugs.

Nancy

Happy Tuesday

Best laid plans and all.....

I did lots of fun things while in Florida last week.  And of course had every intention of posting something yesterday.  But, as fate may have it, life got crazy busy, the blog award took way more time than it should have, and well....it didn't happen.

I do however have a fun blog up over at Ideas For Scrapbookers today.  Two fun layouts and a birthday banner with tutorial. 

So, if you want more details, be sure to stop by.

And, I will get some fun goodies up from my weekend later this week for sure. I got quite a bit done. A total of 21 pages (some still need photos, as they were from kits) and 8 cards.

Till then....

Hugs.

Nancy

Sunshine Award

I received this awesome award by an awesome friend, Heather.  She is such a talented scrapbooker, both digi and paper...she has a great journaling style and gorgeous pages.  If you haven't checked her out, you certainly should!

These are the rules of the Sunshine Award:

1. Put the Sunshine Award on your blog and/or within your post.

2.Pass the award to 12 other Bloggers.

3.Link the nominees within your post.

4. Let them know they received this award by leaving a comment on their blog.

5. Share the love and link to the person from whom you received the award.

I’m supposed to pass it on to 12 other bloggers.  Here goes.....


Theresa has such a fun and funky style.  You should definitely check her out.  Besides...she makes me laugh!  My Organized Mess

Sarah at Paper Tree has such cute layouts, fun ideas and the most gorgeous banner...you should check her out.

Tereza over at The Thrifty Scrapper has great ways to help save money in your scrapbooks.

Kelli has great fun ideas, bright colorful graphics and is just such a sweetie.  Check her out. Paper Dreams

Wendy at Oh Scrapulous has some beautiful goodies to share. 

Dolores is a contributing artist with me over at Ideas for Scrapbookers.  The Joy of Scrapbooking

Alison has some great tutorials and sketches for you over at This Little Scrapper.

Tricia is launching a new blog Behold the Turtle and has a little blog candy.  Gotta love that!

Tracy has the most gorgeous Cards.

Cheryl is so inspiring, and just about the sweetest thing around.  

Michelle is super talented.  It is amazing what she can do with just a small kit.  Happenings on This ...

And, last but not least, my good friend Heather.  Her heartfelt journaling and beautiful work are such an inspiration...and we can chat for hours.  lol  Miracles Momma Designs.