Stampin' Up! Tag It

Another of my display samples for Convention.  I wanted to do something in some of the bold, bright colors as this stamp seems perfect for a little boy.  To me anyway.  :)   I made a red button using the Simply Pressed clay and molds.  

Stamps:  Tag It
Ink:  Real Red, Old Olive, Pacific Point
Paper:  Pacific Point, Real Red Core'dinations, Polka Dot Parade DSP, Whisper White
Accessories:  Simply Pressed Clay and Molds, White Baker's Twine
Tools:  Big Shot, Perfect Pennants die, 2 1/2 circle punch, Stripes EF

Another picture from our beach excursion.   She was VERY upset when she left the water because she loved this rock and shell that she had found.  She tried to eat them a few times, so we figured they were best left in the water.  She was not in agreement.

Stampin' Up! Tag It

Today I wanted to share one of my scrapbook pages I made for the Convention displays.  When I started off as a paper crafter, I started doing my wedding album and my intent was to ONLY do that.   Well, 8 years and who knows how much money later, I'm still going.  lol   I actually don't like scrapbooking now though.  I feel like my pages are very unpolished and kinda ugly, so I tend to avoid it as much as possible.  This page is okay, but still doesn't have a polished, professional look to me.   Maybe I should practice more...   The picture is cute at least.  ;)

Stampin' Up! Tag It

I thought I'd share another sample I made for the Convention boards today.   We were given the Tag It set, but not the matching framelits so some serious creativity was required to use them.   For me anyway!  I kinda dreamed up the idea for this card and it turned out so cute!  I really had a blast making it.  

Stamps:  Tag It, Gorgeous Grunge

Ink:  Calypso Coral, Basic Gray, Baked Brown Sugar

Paper:  Pool Party, Baked Brown Sugar, Whisper White, In Color DSP stack, Daffodil Delight (or So Saffron; I can't remember!)

Tools:  Circle, Pennant, and Cupcake punches

Today would have been my Eli's 5th birthday.  It's so hard to know what to do on his birthday as we can't buy a cake and have him blow out the candles as we sing.  We can't buy gifts for him to open. It's just a sucky day and I usually spend most of it crying over the unfairness of it all.  Laila and I picked out some pretty sunflowers, so we'll take them out to the cemetery and release 5 red balloons I guess.  I was thinking this year we'd get a little cupcake and start to tell Laila stories about him and share it with her.  It's never an easy day and I just hope for the patience and strength to make it through.