We have had a lot of big changes here in the Owens' household this week! Wow! I accepted a new position at a hospital where I used to work and had my G.O. which was a long day but a good one. This new job is a true blessing for our whole family and even though I am sad to leave behind dear friends I am looking forward to this new opportunity! I got my haircut...and I love it! Paul says it has to grow on him but everyone else has given me a lot of sweet compliments! Miss Kadesia took my picture:
Javan turned 3 and can I just say it is unreal how fast the time goes? WOW! He is such a big boy now. He wears big boy underwear and he stays dry through the night. We have occasional accidents but it happens and we just move on! He can reach the faucet now to wash his sweet big boy hands ... but he does have to be on tip toe. He is just a beautiful blessing that I am so thankful God trusted us with!
Speaking of growing up... Kadesia is just growing up too fast for me! She is still so small and precious to me but I try so hard to give her the space she needs to be the beautiful young lady she is fast becoming. She has such a heart for God and she wants to do the right thing. If left up to her she will rid this entire world of any injustice! She is an exceptional little girl and I delight in watching her as she discovers more and more about herself. God definitely has a purpose and a plan for her! I am so glad I am along for the journey!!
My brother asked me to help him put together a comic book that he found online. I cut it out, matted it to cardstock and then put it in page protectors. He purchased a 3 ring binder for a steal during the Back 2 School specials and has the comics there. It took quite a bit of time...and adhesive but I didn't think much about it. He took Paul with him to Walmart and bought me something to say thank you. Check it out:
Isn't he amazing? I just love my little bro! He bought me the Cricut I have and love and he saw me oohing and aahing over this cartridge and decided to give it to me since I had helped him out! How sweet is that? Someone very special will snatch him up one day! LOL
Well thanks for hanging out with me! More fun stuff to come so be sure to visit again soon!
His dad helped me with the invitations. We embossed the Running Stitches stamp set from The Angel Company on Kraft cardstock with black embossing powder. The "You're Invited" is computer generated. Lightning McQueen and Tow Mater are embossed as well and Paul colored them with my Copics, Tombows and Bic Mark-Its. Here's another look at the invitation:
I sponged the Kraft cardstock with Burnt Umber Palette Hybrid ink. I used my Cricut Cartridge CARS for the "Pit Stop" inside:
I sponged the inside as well. The font is all computer generated, too.
These are the treat bags. Javan and I made pencil pouches. See the screw brad? I love it! That's from TAC, as well. I used the Tag Tidbits and Sweet Goodies stamp sets for the tootsie roll package. There's 3 tootsie rolls because they are Javan's favorite candy and he is 3 years old today! The three theme is continued with the three pencils and a third party favor: a wrapped granola bar in Javan's favorite flavor peanut butter. Javan and I embossed the Nestabilities Label to create a fun look for his bag topper and granola wrapper. The embossing came from a Cuttlebug folder Diamond Plate. I hope he has the best birthday ever!!
It's an invitation for a little girl's DIVA themed birthday party! Here's a look at the inside:
I am very excited with the way that it came out! The only requirements was for it to be DIVA themed, an invitation, and in colors hot pink and black! NO PROBLEM!! I used the Uptown Girl designer paper from The Angel Company, the black cardstock is not. The pink satin ribbon was from Walmart. I used my Mega Scalloped Circle Punch from TAC for the image. The stamp is a digital image from The Greeting Farm called Pretty Head Rachel, and I used my Cricut Storybook cartridge for the black scalloped circle and the black and white layers on the lower left. The crown stamp is from a retired TAC stamp set called Circle Sampler. The faux rhinestones are from Walmart, as well. I used my Bic Mark-It's for the hair, my Copics for the skin, my Stardust (clear) gel pen for the eye shadow, necklace, accents on the barrette and crown. My pink Tombow marker (Brights) for the lipstick, barrette and necklace accents, the crown and t-shirt. I used my Black Tombow marker (Brights) for the shirt and barrette. The doodle dots were made with my white gel pen. The inside of the invitation is all computer journaling. I hope she likes these!! What do you think?
These self-adhesive pearls are so fun to accent the scalloped circle. I used my Cricut to make the "B" for the monogram. My husband covered 4 pieces of chipboard for me...he misunderstood what I meant so I just glued two pieces together and voila!... thicker covers! LOL There are no mistakes in paper crafting...only room for creativity! Right?
Here's a close-up of the card I made. I used the Scor-Bug for a fun decorative effect.
The designer paper is from The Angel Company. The tag is from the same paper set called Penelope. The "thank you" sentiment is a PWP stamp set called Lotsa' Love and I used French Lilac Palette Hybrid Ink which matches the card so well.
Here is Paul trimming up the carstock to fit on the Cricut mat.
Feeding the paper through.
Yay! You did it! What a great school bus for my school layouts of Kadesia (that I have yet to make!).
