I made some Birthday and Thinking of you cards today. They were all the same design, but with different colors and sentiments on them. I made 3 of each color. The pattern is out of Make It From Your Heart Volumn 1, by Close To My Heart.

Supplies used: CTMH Ruby Cardstock, CTMH Blush Cardstock, CTMH White Daisy Cardstock, CTMH New England Ivy Cardstock, CTMH For Always paper, CTMH Frosted Assortment (retired) . 

Stamps: CTMH B1418 Love Doily, CTMH B1419 Joyful Birthday

Camping Mini Album

I finally finished putting the pictures into this mini album. I started it about a year ago, and now looking at all these camping pictures, makes me long for summer and another season of camping. I hope you enjoy looking at this album, and possibly be inspired to create one of your own. I got my inspiration from this blog:
http://loveisinthedetails.ca/blog/2012/03/18/cottage-fun-with-norine/

 Most of the supplies I used were from Close To My Heart. The trees on the front cover were some laser-cut borders I had bought in Cody, Wyoming on our trip a few years ago.

 Lots of little inside pages that are so fun to make.

 The journalling , of course, is yet to be done!

 Little touches that make the page more special...in this case, the holes along the edge of the page.

 It felt a little strange to use some of the shipping boxes that I get my CTMH product in, but I sure love the finished look of the cardboard pages! Goes to show that CTMH is useful in all sorts of areas.

 Paint splatters are also a nice touch for a distressed look.

I think the back cover still looks a little bare. Maybe I will end up adding something to it yet, just not sure what. What are your thoughts?

Thanks for looking at this lengthy post. Hope you enjoyed it and feel free to drop me a comment.

New project complete!

I guess you could call me a Jack (or Jill ) of all trades, and a Master of none! I love doing a bit of every craft there is, I think. I just completed this colorful cool sweater. It is crocheted and was Oh So Much Fun to do! It is a little girl's sweater, size 5, but I'm thinking it looks a little big for that size. I don't have a little girl to fit it one, so I don't really know. It is meant to be a little wide, so it is even harder to tell.

I hope you find this sweater as cute as I do! Too bad I don't have anyone to wear it. 

Wedding Preparations

The wedding of our daughter is sure coming up fast! I am busy working on the 2 little flower girl dresses. I decided to use the Close To My Heart Rosette Ribbon for the trim at the waist. It was a perfect match!

Good Morning, everyone! This is such a beautiful day here. The sun is shining and it is fairly warm. I just finished washing my windows outside and I was really sweating! Nice to know, right? :)

I've been working on a few more cards the last few days. I am already in the mood for Christmas Cards. That is quite different than the last few years! But I have a bit more time now though too.

  I saw this card idea in the Close To My Heart idea book and I loved it! I modified it a little bit, because I didn't have everything that I needed to make it the same.

Sorry about the poor quality of this picture.

These two cars are what I had prepared for the gathering that I had last night.

What a wonderful day it is! The weather isn't very warm, but I love the Fall weather! It means more time for crafting!

Although I have gotten quite a bit done this summer while we were camping. Here is a blanket that I did for a friend's little boy. This was still a gift for their adoption, but it was a year and a half late. But he loved it anyway!

It didn't take nearly as long knitting it as I thought it would. But I kept at it pretty steadily, so that helps.

I was pretty impressed when the nearly six year old recipient identified it right away as a Spiderman blanket!

My Favorite place in the house!

I finally took some pictures of my new scrap room. It is definitely still a work in progress, but slowly it is getting to where I want it.

 This typewriter was given to me by my Dad. I love it and I think it makes a nice addition to my favorite room.

 This shelf was made for me by my Dad. He always did such an amazing job with his woodworking. I will treasure this shelf always.

 My TV corner.

 My storage cubes that I bought at Michaels.

My Cricut cabinet.

I really need to do some more organizing in this room. I guess maybe it will always stay a WORK IN PROGRESS!